Compositions and methods for detecting snp(s) associated with diabetes

ABSTRACT

In one aspect, provided herein are set of primers and use of the same for the detection of SNPs associated with diabetes. In certain embodiments, the primers used to detect SNP sites associated with diabetes comprise Primer Set 1 to Primer Set 47. The experiments show: the genotyping results of the SNP sites associated with diabetes can be accurately detected by the primers disclosed herein, and the risk of individuals can be comprehensively evaluated and the result is more accurate than the single site analysis. In addition, SNPs disclosed herein are verified as associated with type 2 diabetes and its complications, which are especially suitable for the prevention and individualized treatment for type 2 diabetes in East Asian, for example, in China.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No.201510393858.3, filed on Jul. 7, 2015, published on Dec. 2, 2015 as CN105112502 A, the content of which is incorporated by reference herein inits entirety for all purposes.

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The content of the following submission on ASCII text file isincorporated herein by reference in its entirety: a computer readableform (CRF) of the Sequence Listing (file name: 768332000100SeqList.txt,date recorded: 6 Jul. 2016, size: 33,157 bytes).

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of biotechnology, andspecifically, compositions and methods for the risk assessment,diagnosis, and/or prognosis of diabetes or a related disease orcondition, for example, via detection of SNP (Single NucleotidePolymorphism) or SNPs associated with diabetes or a related disease orcondition. In particular aspects, the present disclosure relates to aprimer or a primer set, and a reagent, composition, or kit comprisingthe same, as well as a method of use, for detecting the SNP(s). Inparticular aspects, the primers, primer sets, reagents, compositions,kits, and methods are for detection of SNP(s) associated with type 2diabetes mellitus (e.g., in an East Asian population), diabeticnephropathy, diabetic retinitis (DR), diabetic cardiopathy (such asdiabetic cardiomyopathy or elderly diabetic cardiopathy), and/or drugsensitivity (such as drug sensitivity to a diabetes medication).

BACKGROUND

Diabetes is a group of chronic metabolic diseases caused by defect ininsulin secretion and/or disorders of insulin action, characterized byhigh blood sugar. Long-term sustained hyperglycemia and metabolicdisorders can lead to the damage of multiple organs, particularly to theeyes, kidneys, cardiovascular and nervous systems, eventually resultingin serious consequences, such us blindness, stroke, myocardialinfarction, amputation and renal failure.

Diabetes is prevalent in China. According to the data in 2010, theprevalence rate of diabetes is 9.7% in adults more than 18 years, andthe number of patients with diabetes has reached 97 million.International Diabetes Federation (IDF) believes that if the trendcontinues, in 2035 Chinese patients with diabetes will reach 143million. Diabetes and its complications have not only seriously affectedthe life quality of patients, but also led to the rapid rise in healthcare costs. From 1993 to 2007, the health care costs of diabetes rosefrom 200 to 221.6 billion yuan, the ratio of direct medical costs ofdiabetes to the total health expenditure rose from 1.96 to 18.2 percent.Loss of life and economic burden caused by diabetes has beenoverwhelming.

Diabetes is the result of the interaction of genetic and environmentalfactors. On the one hand, improvement of living conditions and increasedincidence of obesity are important factors in increasing the incidenceof type 2 diabetes. On the other hand, genetic factors also play anindispensable role. The study of Newman et al. in twins suggests thatgenetic factors play roles in type 2 diabetes. See Newman et al., 1987,Diabetologia 30(10):763-8. Diabetes and complications are preventableand controllable by predicting susceptibility to diabetes andcomplications, and early health intervention is an effective way toprevent diabetes and its progression. Furthermore, it is worth notingthat due to the differences in genetic background and so on, thesensitivity of individuals to even the same kind of diabetes treatmentmay be different. Therefore, there is a need for personalized medicinethrough genetic testing and other means, which is the key to controldiabetes progression. The present disclosure addresses this and therelated needs.

SUMMARY

The summary is not intended to be used to limit the scope of the claimedsubject matter. Other features, details, utilities, and advantages ofthe claimed subject matter will be apparent from the detaileddescription including those aspects disclosed in the accompanyingdrawings and in the appended claims.

SNP is the DNA sequence polymorphism caused by a single nucleotidevariation on the genomic level. SNP appears at every 500-1000 base pairson the human genome and is the most common genetic variation and alsoexcellent molecular markers in polygenic disease researches. In recentyears, benefited from the development of high-throughput genomesequencing, many SNP sites have been discovered which are associatedwith diabetes, diabetic complications and anti-diabetic drugsensitivity. By detecting these sites, the risk of developing diabetesand complications can be predicted, and the sensitivity to various drugscan be evaluated, which is helpful for diabetes treatment. However,there are racial and regional differences in the presence of SNPs andallele frequency, the diabetes-related SNPs reported in Westerncountries or group of Caucasian may be different form that in theChinese people. Diabetes is a complex and polygenic disease wheremultiple SNPs are involved. Therefore, to take advantage of SNP topredict the development trend of diabetes and susceptibility, in someaspects, it is necessary to consider the combination of SNPs and thedifferences between the ethnic and geography. Currently, there are nomethods or products for the detection of diabetes-related SNPcombinations, especially for East Asians.

Diabetes prevalence is a major health problem in China now and willcontinue to be so in at least the near future. It is important topredict individual risk for diabetes and complications, to treat thedisease before its onset, and to administrate personalized medicine.Thus, it is urgent to develop the methods and products for the detectionof the SNP sites associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in East Asian,susceptibility to complications and anti-diabetes drugs sensitivity.

In one aspect, disclosed herein is an isolated polynucleotide comprisinga single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) selected from the groupconsisting of rs10229583, rs10811661, rs10886471, rs1111875, rs12742393,rs12779790, rs13266634, rs1535500, rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282,rs2237892, rs340874, rs3786897, rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136,rs6815464, rs7041847, rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992,rs780094, rs7903146, rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388,rs9565164, rs4668142, rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955,rs245962, rs266729, rs3811951, rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366,rs11977021, rs2230806, rs11212617, and rs622342; a complementarysequence thereof; and/or sequences in linkage disequilibrium therewith.In specific embodiments, the isolated polynucleotide comprises a nucleicacid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 142-188.

In another aspect, disclosed herein is a panel of isolatedpolynucleotides, the polynucleotides comprising two or more, three ormore, four or more, five or more, six or more, seven or more, eight ormore, nine or more, 10 or more, 11 or more, 12 or more, 13 or more, 14or more, 15 or more, 16 or more, 17 or more, 18 or more, 19 or more, 20or more, 21 or more, 22 or more, 23 or more, 24 or more, 25 or more, 26or more, 27 or more, 28 or more, 29 or more, 30 or more, 31 or more, 32or more, 33 or more, 34 or more, 35 or more, 36 or more, 37 or more, 38or more, 39 or more, 40 or more, 41 or more, 42 or more, 43 or more, 44or more, 45 or more, 46 or more, or all 47 of the single nucleotidepolymorphisms (SNPs) selected from the group consisting of rs10229583,rs10811661, rs10886471, rs1111875, rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634,rs1535500, rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874,rs3786897, rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464,rs7041847, rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094,rs7903146, rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164,rs4668142, rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729,rs3811951, rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021,rs2230806, rs11212617, and rs622342, or complementary sequences thereof,and/or sequences in linkage disequilibrium therewith.

In another aspect, disclosed herein is a panel of isolated biomarkerscomprising two or more SNPs selected from the group consisting ofrs10229583, rs10811661, rs10886471, rs111875, rs12742393, rs12779790,rs13266634, rs1535500, rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892,rs340874, rs3786897, rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464,rs7041847, rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094,rs7903146, rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164,rs4668142, rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941 rs245955, rs245962, rs266729,rs3811951, rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021,rs2230806, rs11212617, and rs622342, or complementary sequences thereof,and/or sequences in linkage disequilibrium therewith.

In yet another aspect, disclosed herein is a panel of isolatedbiomarkers associated and/or linked with two or more of the SNPsselected from the group consisting of rs10229583, rs10811661,rs10886471, rs1111875, rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634, rs1535500,rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874, rs3786897,rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464, rs7041847,rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094, rs7903146,rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164, rs4668142,rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729, rs3811951,rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021, rs2230806,rs11212617, and rs622342, or complementary sequences thereof, and/orsequences in linkage disequilibrium therewith.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the one or more SNPs can beassociated with diabetes mellitus and/or a disease or condition relatedto diabetes mellitus, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, diabeticnephropathy, diabetic retinitis, diabetic cardiomyopathy (e.g., elderlydiabetic cardiomyopathy), and/or drug resistance to an anti-diabetesmedication.

In one aspect, disclosed herein is an isolated polynucleotide or a setof isolated polynucleotides for detecting one or more of the SNPsselected from the group consisting of rs10229583, rs10811661,rs10886471, rs111875, rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634, rs1535500,rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874, rs3786897,rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464, rs7041847,rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094, rs7903146,rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164, rs4668142,rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729, rs3811951,rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021, rs2230806,rs11212617, and rs622342; and/or complementary sequences thereof; and/orsequences in linkage disequilibrium therewith.

In one aspect, disclosed herein is an isolated polynucleotide comprisinga nucleic acid sequence having at least about 85%, at least about 900/%,at least about 95%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequence homology oridentity with any of SEQ ID NOs: 1-141.

In another aspect, provided herein is a set of isolated polynucleotidescomprising nucleic acid sequences having at least about 85%, at leastabout 90%, at least about 95%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequencehomology or identity with one or more of SEQ ID NOs: 1-141.

In one aspect, disclosed herein is an isolated polynucleotide comprisingthe nucleic acid sequence set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs: 1-141. Inanother aspect, disclosed herein is a set of isolated polynucleotidescomprising one or more, two or more, or three or more of the nucleicacid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 1-141. In one embodiment, theset of isolated polynucleotides comprises one or more, or two or more,of the nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 1-94. In anotherembodiment, the set of isolated polynucleotides comprises one or more ofthe nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 95-141.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the isolated polynucleotide and/orthe set of isolated polynucleotides are for detecting one or more of theSNPs selected from the group consisting of rs10229583, rs10811661,rs10886471, rs1111875, rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634, rs1535500,rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874, rs3786897,rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464, rs7041847,rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094, rs7903146,rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164, rs4668142,rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729, rs3811951,rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021, rs2230806,rs11212617, and rs622342; and/or complementary sequences thereof; and/orsequences in linkage disequilibrium therewith. In one embodiment, theset of isolated polynucleotides comprises at least two amplificationprimers for detecting the one or more SNPs. In another embodiment, theset of isolated polynucleotides comprises at least one primer for singlebase extension for detecting the one or more SNPs. In yet anotherembodiment, the set of isolated polynucleotides comprises at least twoamplification primers and at least one primer for single base extensionfor detecting the one or more SNPs.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers and/or a primer for single baseextension, for detecting any one or more of rs10229583, rs10811661,rs10886471, rs1111875, rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634, rs1535500,rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874, rs3786897,rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464, rs7041847,rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094, rs7903146,rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164, rs4668142,rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729, rs3811951,rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021, rs2230806,rs11212617, and rs622342.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 1 and 2, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 95.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 3 and 4, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 96.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 5 and 6, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 97.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 8, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 98.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 9 and 10, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 99.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 11 and 12, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 100.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 13 and 14, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 101.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 15 and 16, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 102.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 17 and 18, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 103.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 19 and 20, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 104.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 21 and 22, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 105.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 23 and 24, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 106.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 25 and 26, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 107.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 27 and 28, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 108.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 29 and 30, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 109.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 31 and 32, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 110.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 33 and 34, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 111.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 35 and 36, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 112.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 37 and 38, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 113.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 39 and 40, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 114.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 41 and 42, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 115.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 43 and 44, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 116.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 45 and 46, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 117.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 47 and 48, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 118.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 49 and 50, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 119.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 51 and 52, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 120.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 53 and 54, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 121.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 55 and 56, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 122.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 57 and 58, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 123.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 59 and 60, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 124.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 61 and 62, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 125.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 63 and 64, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 126.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 65 and 66, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 127.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 67 and 68, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 128.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 69 and 70, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 129.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 71 and 72, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 130.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 73 and 74, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 131.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 75 and 76, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 132.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 77 and 78, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 133.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 79 and 80, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 134.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 81 and 82, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 135.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 83 and 84, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 136.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 85 and 86, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 137.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 87 and 88, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 138.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 89 and 90, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 139.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 91 and 92, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 140.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the set of isolated polynucleotidescan comprise two amplification primers which comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 93 and 94, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension which comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 141.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the isolated polynucleotide or setof isolated polynucleotides can be for detection of one or more SNPsassociated with diabetes mellitus and/or a disease or condition relatedto diabetes mellitus, for example, for detection of one or more SNPsassociated with type 2 diabetes mellitus, diabetic nephropathy, diabeticretinitis, diabetic cardiomyopathy (e.g., elderly diabeticcardiomyopathy), and/or drug resistance to an anti-diabetes medication.In one aspect, the SNPs associated with type 2 diabetes mellituscomprise any one or more of rs7756992, rs10811661, rs8050136, rs7041847,rs1111875, rs4430796, rs7651090, rs2237892, rs13266634, rs1801282,rs6017317, rs16856187, rs6467136, rs5219, rs1535500, rs6815464,rs12742393, rs10229583, rs3786897, rs831571, rs7903146, rs9470794,rs780094, rs10886471, rs12779790, rs340874, rs7612463, rs7172432, andrs16861329. In another aspect, the SNPs associated with diabeticnephropathy comprise any one or more of rs2268388 and rs1801282. In oneaspect, the SNPs associated with diabetic retinitis comprise any one ormore of rs9565164, rs4668142, rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955,and rs245962. In another aspect, the SNPs associated with diabeticcardiomyopathy comprise any one or more of rs266729, rs3811951,rs156019, rs6234, rs1801282, and rs3856806. In still another aspect, theSNPs associated with the drug resistance comprise any one or more ofrs13266634, rs10494366, rs2237892, rs11977021, rs7651090, rs5219,rs7903146, rs1801282, rs6467136, rs2230806, rs11212617, and rs622342.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the anti-diabetes medication cancomprise any one or more of Repaglinide, Rosiglitazone, Metformin,Gliclazide, and Pioglitazone. In any of the preceding embodiments, theSNPs can be associated with Repaglinide resistance. In one aspect, theSNPs can comprise any one or more of rs13266634, rs10494366, rs2237892,rs11977021, rs7651090, rs5219, and rs7903146. In any of the precedingembodiments, the SNPs can be associated with Rosiglitazone resistance.In one aspect, the SNPs can comprise any one or more of rs13266634,rs2237892, rs1801282, rs6467136, and rs2230806. In any of the precedingembodiments, the SNPs can be associated with Metformin resistance. Inone aspect, the SNPs can comprise any one or more of rs11212617 andrs622342. In any of the preceding embodiments, the SNPs can beassociated with Gliclazide resistance. In one aspect, the SNPs cancomprise rs5219. In any of the preceding embodiments, the SNPs can beassociated with Pioglitazone resistance. In one aspect, the SNPs cancomprise rs1801282.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the diabetes mellitus and/ordisease or condition related to diabetes mellitus can be in an EastAsian population.

In another aspect, disclosed herein is a kit comprising the isolatedpolynucleotide or the set of isolated polynucleotides of any of thepreceding embodiments. In one embodiment, the kit further comprisesinstructions for using the isolated polynucleotide or the set ofisolated polynucleotides to conduct a companion diagnostic test. In oneembodiment, the companion diagnostic test is for treatment of diabetesmellitus and/or a disease or condition related to diabetes mellitus.

In yet another aspect, disclosed herein is a use of the isolatedpolynucleotide, the set of isolated polynucleotides, or the kit of anyof the preceding embodiments, for detecting one or more of the SNPsselected from the group consisting of rs10229583, rs10811661,rs10886471, rs1111875, rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634, rs1535500,rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874, rs3786897,rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464, rs7041847,rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094, rs7903146,rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164, rs4668142,rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941 rs245955, rs245962, rs266729, rs3811951,rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021, rs2230806,rs11212617, and rs622342, and/or complementary sequences thereof, and/orsequences in linkage disequilibrium therewith.

In still another aspect, disclosed herein is a use of the isolatedpolynucleotide, the set of isolated polynucleotides, or the kit of anyof the preceding embodiments, for the manufacture of a product fordetecting one or more of the SNPs selected from the group consisting ofrs10229583, rs10811661, rs10886471, rs1111875, rs12742393, rs12779790,rs13266634, rs1535500, rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892,rs340874, rs3786897, rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464,rs7041847, rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094,rs7903146, rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164,rs4668142, rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729,rs3811951, rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021,rs2230806, rs11212617, and rs622342, and/or complementary sequencesthereof, and/or sequences in linkage disequilibrium therewith.

In another aspect, discloses herein is a method for risk assessment,diagnosis, prognosis and/or treatment monitoring of diabetes mellitusand/or a disease or condition related to diabetes mellitus in a subject,the method comprising detecting one or more single nucleotidepolymorphisms (SNPs) in a biological sample from the subject, whereinthe SNPs are selected from the group consisting of rs10229583,rs10811661, rs10886471, rs1111875, rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634,rs1535500, rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874,rs3786897, rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464,rs7041847, rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094,rs7903146, rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164,rs4668142, rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729,rs3811951, rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021,rs2230806, rs11212617, and rs622342, and/or complementary sequencesthereof, and/or sequences in linkage disequilibrium therewith.

In one embodiment, the one or more SNPs are detected using a primer forthe SNP or SNPs. In one aspect, the primer comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs: 1-141. In another aspect, aplurality of primers are used to detect the SNP or SNPs, and theplurality of primers comprise at least two, or at least three, of thenucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 1-141. In oneembodiment, the primer comprises one or more, or two or more, of thenucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 1-94. In anotherembodiment, the primer comprises one or more of the nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 95-141.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the SNP or SNPs can be detectedusing at least two amplification primers. In any of the precedingembodiments, the SNP or SNPs can be detected using at least one primerfor single base extension.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the SNP or SNPs can be detectedusing:

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 1 and 2, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:95; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 3 and 4, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:96; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 5 and 6, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:97; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 7 and 8, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:98; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 9 and 10, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:99; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 11 and 12, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:100; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 13 and 14, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:101; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 15 and 16, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:102; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 17 and 18, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:103; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 19 and 20, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:104; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 21 and 22, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:105; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 23 and 24, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:106; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 25 and 26, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:107; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 27 and 28, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:108; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 29 and 30, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:109; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 31 and 32, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:110; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 33 and 34, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:111; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 35 and 36, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:112; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 37 and 38, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:113; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 39 and 40, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:114; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 41 and 42, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:115; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 43 and 44, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:116; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 45 and 46, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:117; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 47 and 48, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:118; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 49 and 50, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:119; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 51 and 52, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:120; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 53 and 54, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:121; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 55 and 56, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:122; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 57 and 58, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:123; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 59 and 60, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:124; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 61 and 62, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:125; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 63 and 64, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:126; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 65 and 66, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:127; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 67 and 68, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:128; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 69 and 70, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:129; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 71 and 72, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:130; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 73 and 74, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:131; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 75 and 76, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:132; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 77 and 78, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:133; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 79 and 80, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:134; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 81 and 82, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:135; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 83 and 84, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:136; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 85 and 86, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:137; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 87 and 88, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:138; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 89 and 90, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:139; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 91 and 92, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:140; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 93 and 94, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:141.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the one or more SNPs can beassociated with type 2 diabetes mellitus, diabetic nephropathy, diabeticretinitis, diabetic cardiomyopathy (e.g., elderly diabeticcardiomyopathy), and/or drug resistance to an anti-diabetes medication.In any of the preceding embodiments, the diabetes mellitus and/ordisease or condition related to diabetes mellitus can comprise type 2diabetes mellitus, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinitis, diabeticcardiomyopathy (e.g., elderly diabetic cardiomyopathy), and/or drugresistance to an anti-diabetes medication.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the SNPs associated with type 2diabetes mellitus can comprise any one or more of rs7756992, rs10811661,rs8050136, rs7041847, rs1111875, rs4430796, rs7651090, rs2237892,rs13266634, rs1801282, rs6017317, rs16856187, rs6467136, rs5219,rs1535500, rs6815464, rs12742393, rs10229583, rs3786897, rs831571,rs7903146, rs9470794, rs780094, rs10886471, rs12779790, rs340874,rs7612463, rs7172432, and rs16861329. In any of the precedingembodiments, the SNPs associated with diabetic nephropathy can compriseany one or more of rs2268388 and rs1801282. In any of the precedingembodiments, the SNPs associated with diabetic retinitis can compriseany one or more of rs9565164, rs4668142, rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941,rs245955, and rs245962. In any of the preceding embodiments, the SNPsassociated with diabetic cardiomyopathy can comprise any one or more ofrs266729, rs3811951, rs156019, rs6234, rs1801282, and rs3856806. In anyof the preceding embodiments, the SNPs associated with the drugresistance can comprise any one or more of rs13266634, rs10494366,rs2237892, rs11977021, rs7651090, rs5219, rs7903146, rs1801282,rs6467136, rs2230806, rs11212617, and rs622342. In any of the precedingembodiments, the anti-diabetes medication can comprise any one or moreof Repaglinide, Rosiglitazone, Metformin. Gliclazide, and Pioglitazone.In any of the preceding embodiments, the SNPs associated withRepaglinide resistance can comprise any one or more of rs13266634,rs10494366, rs2237892, rs11977021, rs7651090, rs5219, and rs7903146. Inany of the preceding embodiments, the SNPs associated with Rosiglitazoneresistance can comprise any one or more of rs13266634, rs2237892,rs1801282, rs6467136, and rs2230806. In any of the precedingembodiments, the SNPs associated with Metformin resistance can compriseany one or more of rs11212617 and rs622342. In any of the precedingembodiments, the SNPs associated with Gliclazide resistance can comprisers5219. In any of the preceding embodiments, the SNPs associated withPioglitazone resistance can comprise rs1801282.

In any of the preceding embodiments, the SNPs can be associated withdiabetes mellitus and/or a disease or condition related to diabetesmellitus in an East Asian population.

In some embodiments, the present method can further comprise treatingdiabetes mellitus and/or a disease or condition related to diabetesmellitus in the subject. In other embodiments, the treatment of diabetesmellitus and/or a disease or condition related to diabetes mellitus inthe subject is adjusted based on the SNP(s) detection result in thebiological sample from the subject.

The present methods can be used to detect SNP(s) in a biological samplefrom any suitable subject. For example, the subject can be a human. Inanother example, the subject can be a non-human mammal. In still anotherexample, the subject can be a non-human animal. Exemplary non-humananimals include a pet, a farm animal, an economic animal, a sport animaland an experimental animal, such as a cat, a dog, a horse, a cow, an ox,a pig, a donkey, a sheep, a lamb, a goat, a mouse, a rabbit, a chicken,a duck, a goose, a primate, including a monkey and a chimpanzee.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

A detailed description of one or more embodiments of the claimed subjectmatter is provided below along with accompanying figures that illustratethe principles of the claimed subject matter. The claimed subject matteris described in connection with such embodiments, but is not limited toany particular embodiment. It is to be understood that the claimedsubject matter may be embodied in various forms, and encompassesnumerous alternatives, modifications and equivalents. Therefore,specific details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting,but rather as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis forteaching one skilled in the art to employ the claimed subject matter invirtually any appropriately detailed system, structure, or manner.Numerous specific details are set forth in the following description inorder to provide a thorough understanding of the present disclosure.These details are provided for the purpose of example and the claimedsubject matter may be practiced according to the claims without some orall of these specific details. It is to be understood that otherembodiments can be used and structural changes can be made withoutdeparting from the scope of the claimed subject matter. It should beunderstood that the various features and functionality described in oneor more of the individual embodiments are not limited in theirapplicability to the particular embodiment with which they aredescribed. They instead can, be applied, alone or in some combination,to one or more of the other embodiments of the disclosure, whether ornot such embodiments are described, and whether or not such features arepresented as being a part of a described embodiment. For the purpose ofclarity, technical material that is known in the technical fieldsrelated to the claimed subject matter has not been described in detailso that the claimed subject matter is not unnecessarily obscured.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms of art, notations and othertechnical and scientific terms or terminology used herein are intendedto have the same meaning as is commonly understood by one of ordinaryskill in the art to which the claimed subject matter pertains. In somecases, terms with commonly understood meanings are defined herein forclarity and/or for ready reference, and the inclusion of suchdefinitions herein should not necessarily be construed to represent asubstantial difference over what is generally understood in the art.Many of the techniques and procedures described or referenced herein arewell understood and commonly employed using conventional methodology bythose skilled in the art.

All publications referred to in this application are incorporated byreference in their entireties for all purposes to the same extent as ifeach individual publication were individually incorporated by reference.

All headings are for the convenience of the reader and should not beused to limit the meaning of the text that follows the heading, unlessso specified.

Throughout this disclosure, various aspects of the claimed subjectmatter are presented in a range format. It should be understood that thedescription in range format is merely for convenience and brevity andshould not be construed as an inflexible limitation on the scope of theclaimed subject matter. Accordingly, the description of a range shouldbe considered to have specifically disclosed all the possible sub-rangesas well as individual numerical values within that range. For example,where a range of values is provided, it is understood that eachintervening value, between the upper and lower limit of that range andany other stated or intervening value in that stated range isencompassed within the claimed subject matter. The upper and lowerlimits of these smaller ranges may independently be included in thesmaller ranges, and are also encompassed within the claimed subjectmatter, subject to any specifically excluded limit in the stated range.Where the stated range includes one or both of the limits, rangesexcluding either or both of those included limits are also included inthe claimed subject matter. This applies regardless of the breadth ofthe range. For example, description of a range such as from 1 to 6should be considered to have specifically disclosed sub-ranges such asfrom 1 to 3, from 1 to 4, from 1 to 5, from 2 to 4, from 2 to 6, from 3to 6 etc., as well as individual numbers within that range, for example,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

The practice of the provided embodiments will employ, unless otherwiseindicated, conventional techniques and descriptions of organicchemistry, polymer technology, molecular biology (including recombinanttechniques), cell biology, biochemistry, and sequencing technology,which are within the skill of those who practice in the art. Suchconventional techniques include polypeptide and protein synthesis andmodification, polynucleotide synthesis and modification, polymer arraysynthesis, hybridization and ligation of polynucleotides, and detectionof hybridization using a label. Specific illustrations of suitabletechniques can be had by reference to the examples herein. However,other equivalent conventional procedures can, of course, also be used.Such conventional techniques and descriptions can be found in standardlaboratory manuals such as Green, et al., Eds., Genome Analysis: ALaboratory Manual Series (Vols. I-IV) (1999); Weiner, Gabriel, Stephens,Eds., Genetic Variation: A Laboratory Manual (2007); Dieffenbach,Dveksler, Eds., PCR Primer: A Laboratory Manual (2003); Bowtell andSambrook, DNA Microarrays: A Molecular Cloning Manual (2003); Mount,Bioinformatics: Sequence and Genome Anazvsis (2004); Sambrook andRussell, Condensed Protocols from Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual(2006); and Sambrook and Russell, Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual(2002) (all from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press); Ausubel et al.eds., Current Protocols in Molecular Biology (1987); T. Brown ed.,Essential Molecular Biology (1991), IRL Press; Goeddel ed., GeneExpression Technology (1991), Academic Press; A. Bothwell et al. eds.,Methods for Cloning and Analysis of Eukaryolic Genes (1990), BartlettPubl.: M. Kriegler, Gene Transfer and Expression (1990). Stockton Press;R. Wu et al. eds., Recombinant DNA Methodology (1989), Academic Press;M. McPherson et al., PCR: A Practical Approach (1991), IRL Press atOxford University Press; Stryer, Biochemistry (4th Ed.) (1995), W. H.Freeman, New York N.Y.; Gait, Oligonucleotide Synthesis: A PracticalApproach (2002), IRL Press, London; Nelson and Cox, Lehninger,Principles of Biochemistry (2000) 3rd Ed., W. H. Freeman Pub., New York,N.Y.; Berg, et al., Biochemistry (2002) 5th Ed., W. H. Freeman Pub., NewYork, N.Y., all of which are herein incorporated in their entireties byreference for all purposes.

DEFINITIONS

As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an”, and “the” include pluralreferences unless indicated otherwise. For example, “a” sample includesone or more samples, and “a” primer includes one or more primers.

It is understood that aspects and embodiments of the disclosuredescribed herein include “consisting” and/or “consisting essentially of”aspects and embodiments.

The term “biomarker” or “marker” as used herein refers generally to amolecule, including a gene, protein, carbohydrate structure, orglycolipid, the expression of which in or on a mammalian tissue or cellor secreted can be detected by known methods (or methods disclosedherein) and is predictive or can be used to predict (or aid prediction)for a mammalian cell's or tissue's sensitivity to, and in someembodiments, to predict (or aid prediction) an individual'sresponsiveness to treatment regimens. A marker or biomarker herein canbe a pharmacogenomic biomarker.

As used herein, a “pharmacogenomic biomarker” is an objective biomarkerwhich correlates with a specific clinical drug response orsusceptibility in a subject (see. e.g., McLeod et al., Eur. J. Cancer(1999) 35:1650-1652). It may be a biochemical biomarker, or a clinicalsign or symptom. The presence or quantity of the pharmacogenomic markeris related to the predicted response of the subject to a specific drugor class of drugs prior to administration of the drug. By assessing thepresence or quantity of one or more pharmacogenomic markers in asubject, a drug therapy which is most appropriate for the subject, orwhich is predicted to have a greater degree of success, may be selected.For example, based on the presence or quantity of DNA, RNA, or proteinfor specific tumor markers in a subject, a drug or course of treatmentmay be selected that is optimized for the treatment of the specifictumor likely to be present in the subject. Similarly, the presence orabsence of a specific sequence mutation or polymorphism may correlatewith drug response. The use of pharmacogenomic biomarkers thereforepermits the application of the most appropriate treatment for eachsubject without having to administer the therapy.

As used herein, the term “polymorphic locus” refers to a region in anucleic acid at which two or more alternative nucleotide sequences areobserved in a significant number of nucleic acid samples from apopulation of individuals. A polymorphic locus may be a nucleotidesequence of two or more nucleotides, an inserted nucleotide ornucleotide sequence, a deleted nucleotide or nucleotide sequence, or amicrosatellite, for example. A polymorphic locus that is two or morenucleotides in length may be 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15or more, 20 or more, 30 or more, 50 or more, 75 or more, 100 or more,500 or more, or about 1000 nucleotides in length, where all or some ofthe nucleotide sequences differ within the region. A polymorphic locusis often one nucleotide in length, which is referred to herein as a“single nucleotide polymorphism” or a “SNP.”

Where there are two, three, or four alternative nucleotide sequences ata polymorphic locus, each nucleotide sequence is referred to as a“polymorphic variant” or “nucleic acid variant.” Where two polymorphicvariants exist, for example, the polymorphic variant represented in aminority of samples from a population is sometimes referred to as a“minor allele” and the polymorphic variant that is more prevalentlyrepresented is sometimes referred to as a “major allele.” Many organismspossess a copy of each chromosome (e.g., humans), and those individualswho possess two major alleles or two minor alleles are often referred toas being “homozygous” with respect to the polymorphism, and thoseindividuals who possess one major allele and one minor allele arenormally referred to as being “heterozygous” with respect to thepolymorphism. Individuals who are homozygous with respect to one alleleare sometimes predisposed to a different phenotype as compared toindividuals who are heterozygous or homozygous with respect to anotherallele.

In genetic analysis that identifies one or more pharmacogenomicbiomarkers, samples from individuals having different values in arelevant phenotype often are allelotyped and/or genotyped. The term“allelotype” as used herein refers to a process for determining theallele frequency for a polymorphic variant in pooled DNA samples fromcases and controls. By pooling DNA from each group, an allele frequencyfor each locus in each group is calculated. These allele frequencies arethen compared to one another.

A genotype or polymorphic variant may be expressed in terms of a“haplotype,” which as used herein refers to a set of DNA variations, orpolymorphisms, that tend to be inherited together. A haplotype can referto a combination of alleles or to a set of SNPs found on the samechromosome. For example, two SNPs may exist within a gene where each SNPposition includes a cytosine variation and an adenine variation. Certainindividuals in a population may carry one allele (heterozygous) or twoalleles (homozygous) having the gene with a cytosine at each SNPposition. As the two cytosines corresponding to each SNP in the genetravel together on one or both alleles in these individuals, theindividuals can be characterized as having a cytosine/cytosine haplotypewith respect to the two SNPs in the gene.

The term “sample”, as used herein, refers to a composition that isobtained or derived from a subject of interest that contains a cellularand/or other molecular entity that is to be characterized and/oridentified, for example based on physical, biochemical, chemical and/orphysiological characteristics. For example, the phrase “clinical sample”or “disease sample” and variations thereof refer to any sample obtainedfrom a subject of interest that would be expected or is known to containthe cellular and/or molecular entity that is to be characterized.

In certain aspects of the present disclosure, a biological sample ormaterial can be obtained and used, and can refer to any sample ormaterial obtained from a living or viral (or prion) source or othersource of macromolecules and biomolecules, and includes any cell type ortissue of a subject from which nucleic acid or protein or othermacromolecule can be obtained. The biological sample can be a sampleobtained directly from a biological source or a sample that isprocessed. For example, isolated nucleic acids that are amplifiedconstitute a biological sample. A template for a PCR reaction using oneor more primers disclosed herein can be comprised in and/or obtainedfrom a biological sample, for example, a sample from a patient or asubject suspected of respiratory tract infection. Biological samplesinclude, but are not limited to, body fluids, such as blood, plasma,serum, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, urine and sweat, tissue andorgan samples from animals and plants and processed samples derivedtherefrom.

The terms “polynucleotide,” “oligonucleotide,” “nucleic acid” and“nucleic acid molecule” are used interchangeably herein to refer to apolymeric form of nucleotides of any length, and may compriseribonucleotides, deoxyribonucleotides, analogs thereof, or mixturesthereof. This term refers only to the primary structure of the molecule.Thus, the term includes triple-, double- and single-strandeddeoxyribonucleic acid (“DNA”), as well as triple-, double- andsingle-stranded ribonucleic acid (“RNA”). It also includes modified, forexample by alkylation, and/or by capping, and unmodified forms of thepolynucleotide. More particularly, the terms “polynucleotide,”“oligonucleotide,” “nucleic acid” and “nucleic acid molecule” includepolydeoxyribonucleotides (containing 2-deoxy-D-ribose),polyribonucleotides (containing D-ribose), including tRNA, rRNA, hRNA,and mRNA, whether spliced or unspliced, any other type of polynucleotidewhich is an N- or C-glycoside of a purine or pyrimidine base, and otherpolymers containing normucleotidic backbones, for example, polyamide(e.g., peptide nucleic acid (“PNA”)) and polymorpholino (commerciallyavailable from the Anti-Virals, Inc., Corvallis, Oreg., as Neugene)polymers, and other synthetic sequence-specific nucleic acid polymersproviding that the polymers contain nucleobases in a configuration whichallows for base pairing and base stacking, such as is found in DNA andRNA. Thus, these terms include, for example, 3′-deoxy-2′,5′-DNA,oligodeoxyribonucleotide N3′ to P5′ phosphoramidates,2′-O-alkyl-substituted RNA, hybrids between DNA and RNA or between PNAsand DNA or RNA, and also include known types of modifications, forexample, labels, alkylation, “caps,” substitution of one or more of thenucleotides with an analog, internucleotide modifications such as, forexample, those with uncharged linkages (e.g., methyl phosphonates,phosphotriesters, phosphoramidates, carbamates, etc.), with negativelycharged linkages (e.g., phosphorothioates, phosphorodithioates, etc.),and with positively charged linkages (e.g., aminoalkylphosphoramidates,aminoalkylphosphotriesters), those containing pendant moieties, such as,for example, proteins (including enzymes (e.g. nucleases), toxins,antibodies, signal peptides, poly-L-lysine, etc.), those withintercalators (e.g., acridine, psoralen, etc.), those containingchelates (of, e.g., metals, radioactive metals, boron, oxidative metals,etc.), those containing alkylators, those with modified linkages (e.g.,alpha anomeric nucleic acids, etc.), as well as unmodified forms of thepolynucleotide or oligonucleotide.

It will be appreciated that, as used herein, the terms “nucleoside” and“nucleotide” will include those moieties which contain not only theknown purine and pyrimidine bases, but also other heterocyclic baseswhich have been modified. Such modifications include methylated purinesor pyrimidines, acylated purines or pyrimidines, or other heterocycles.Modified nucleosides or nucleotides can also include modifications onthe sugar moiety, e.g., wherein one or more of the hydroxyl groups arereplaced with halogen, aliphatic groups, or are functionalized asethers, amines, or the like. The term “nucleotidic unit” is intended toencompass nucleosides and nucleotides.

“Nucleic acid probe” and “probe” are used interchangeably and refer to astructure comprising a polynucleotide, as defined above, that contains anucleic acid sequence that can bind to a corresponding target. Thepolynucleotide regions of probes may be composed of DNA, and/or RNA,and/or synthetic nucleotide analogs.

As disclosed herein, two nucleic acid sequences can have at least 500%/osequence identity or homology. Preferably, the two nucleic acidsequences have at least 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or100% of sequence identity or homology. “Complementary or matched” meansthat two nucleic acid sequences can hybridize under low, middle and/orhigh stringency condition(s). The percentage of sequence identity orhomology is calculated by comparing one to another when aligned tocorresponding portions of the reference sequence.

As used herein, “substantially identical” means that two nucleic acidsequences have at least 90% sequence identity or homology. Preferably,the two nucleic acid sequences have at least 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or100% of sequence identity. The percentage of sequence identity orhomology is calculated by comparing one to another when aligned tocorresponding portions of the reference sequence.

The terms “complementary” and “substantially complementary” include thehybridization or base pairing or the formation of a duplex betweennucleotides or nucleic acids, for instance, between the two strands of adouble-stranded DNA molecule or between an oligonucleotide primer and aprimer binding site on a single-stranded nucleic acid. Complementarynucleotides are, generally, A and T (or A and U), or C and G. Twosingle-stranded RNA or DNA molecules are said to be substantiallycomplementary when the nucleotides of one strand, optimally aligned andcompared and with appropriate nucleotide insertions or deletions, pairwith at least about 80% of the other strand, usually at least about 90%to about 95%, and even about 98% to about 100%. In one aspect, twocomplementary sequences of nucleotides are capable of hybridizing,preferably with less than 25%, more preferably with less than 15%, evenmore preferably with less than 5%, most preferably with no mismatchesbetween opposed nucleotides. Preferably the two molecules will hybridizeunder conditions of high stringency.

“Hybridization” as used herein may refer to the process in which twosingle-stranded polynucleotides bind non-covalently to form a stabledouble-stranded polynucleotide. In one aspect, the resultingdouble-stranded polynucleotide can be a “hybrid” or “duplex.”“Hybridization conditions” typically include salt concentrations ofapproximately less than 1 M, often less than about 500 mM and may beless than about 200 mM. A “hybridization buffer” includes a bufferedsalt solution such as 5% SSPE, or other such buffers known in the art.Hybridization temperatures can be as low as 5° C., but are typicallygreater than 22° C., and more typically greater than about 30° C., andtypically in excess of 37° C. Hybridizations are often performed understringent conditions, i.e., conditions under which a sequence willhybridize to its target sequence but will not hybridize to other,non-complementary sequences. Stringent conditions are sequence-dependentand are different in different circumstances. For example, longerfragments may require higher hybridization temperatures for specifichybridization than short fragments. As other factors may affect thestringency of hybridization, including base composition and length ofthe complementary strands, presence of organic solvents, and the extentof base mismatching, the combination of parameters is more importantthan the absolute measure of any one parameter alone. Generallystringent conditions are selected to be about 5° C. lower than the T_(m)for the specific sequence at a defined ionic strength and pH. Themelting temperature T_(m) can be the temperature at which a populationof double-stranded nucleic acid molecules becomes half dissociated intosingle strands. Several equations for calculating the T_(m) of nucleicacids are well known in the art. As indicated by standard references, asimple estimate of the T_(m) value may be calculated by the equation,T_(m)=81.5+0.41 (% G+C), when a nucleic acid is in aqueous solution at 1M NaCl (see e.g., Anderson and Young, Quantitative Filter Hybridization,in Nucleic Acid Hybridization (1985)). Other references (e.g., Allawiand SantaLucia, Jr., Biochemistry, 36:10581-94 (1997)) includealternative methods of computation which take structural andenvironmental, as well as sequence characteristics into account for thecalculation of T_(m).

In general, the stability of a hybrid is a function of the ionconcentration and temperature. Typically, a hybridization reaction isperformed under conditions of lower stringency, followed by washes ofvarying, but higher, stringency. Exemplary stringent conditions includea salt concentration of at least 0.01 M to no more than 1 M sodium ionconcentration (or other salt) at a pH of about 7.0 to about 8.3 and atemperature of at least 25° C. For example, conditions of 5×SSPE (750 mMNaCl, 50 mM sodium phosphate, 5 mM EDTA at pH 7.4) and a temperature ofapproximately 30° C. are suitable for allele-specific hybridizations,though a suitable temperature depends on the length and/or GC content ofthe region hybridized.

In one aspect, “stringency of hybridization” in determining percentagemismatch can be as follows: 1) high stringency: 0.1×SSPE, 0.1% SDS, 65°C.; 2) medium stringency: 0.2×SSPE, 0.1% SDS, 50° C. (also referred toas moderate stringency); and 3) low stringency: 1.0×SSPE, 0.1% SDS, 50°C. It is understood that equivalent stringencies may be achieved usingalternative buffers, salts and temperatures. For example, moderatelystringent hybridization can refer to conditions that permit a nucleicacid molecule such as a probe to bind a complementary nucleic acidmolecule. The hybridized nucleic acid molecules generally have at least60% identity, including for example at least any of 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%,90%, or 95% identity. Moderately stringent conditions can be conditionsequivalent to hybridization in 50% formamide, 5×Denhardt's solution,5×SSPE, 0.2% SDS at 42° C., followed by washing in 0.2×SSPE, 0.2% SDS,at 42° C. High stringency conditions can be provided, for example, byhybridization in 50% formamide, 5×Denhardt's solution, 5×SSPE, 0.2% SDSat 42° C., followed by washing in 0.1×SSPE, and 0.1% SDS at 65° C. Lowstringency hybridization can refer to conditions equivalent tohybridization in 10% formamide, 5×Denhardt's solution, 6×SSPE, 0.2% SDSat 22° C., followed by washing in 1×SSPE, 0.2% SDS, at 37° C. Denhardt'ssolution contains 1% Ficoll, 1% polyvinylpyrolidone, and 1% bovine serumalbumin (BSA). 20×SSPE (sodium chloride, sodium phosphate, EDTA)contains 3 M sodium chloride, 0.2 M sodium phosphate, and 0.025 M EDTA.Other suitable moderate stringency and high stringency hybridizationbuffers and conditions are well known to those of skill in the art andare described, for example, in Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: ALaboratory Manual, 2nd ed., Cold Spring Harbor Press, Plainview, N.Y.(1989), and Ausubel et al., Short Protocols in Molecular Biology, 4thed., John Wiley & Sons (1999).

Alternatively, substantial complementarity exists when an RNA or DNAstrand will hybridize under selective hybridization conditions to itscomplement. Typically, selective hybridization will occur when there isat least about 65% complementary over a stretch of at least 14 to 25nucleotides, preferably at least about 75%, more preferably at leastabout 90% complementary. See M. Kanehisa, Nucleic Acids Res. 12:203(1984).

The terms “homologous”, “substantially homologous”, and “substantialhomology” as used herein denote a sequence of amino acids having atleast 50%, 60%, 70%, 80% or 90% identity wherein one sequence iscompared to a reference sequence of amino acids. The percentage ofsequence identity or homology is calculated by comparing one to anotherwhen aligned to corresponding portions of the reference sequence.

A “primer” used herein can be an oligonucleotide, either natural orsynthetic, that is capable, upon forming a duplex with a polynucleotidetemplate, of acting as a point of initiation of nucleic acid synthesisand being extended from its 3′ end along the template so that anextended duplex is formed. The sequence of nucleotides added during theextension process is determined by the sequence of the templatepolynucleotide. Primers usually are extended by a polymerase, forexample, a DNA polymerase.

“Amplification,” as used herein, generally refers to the process ofproducing multiple copies of a desired sequence. “Multiple copies” meansat least 2 copies. A “copy” does not necessarily mean perfect sequencecomplementarity or identity to the template sequence. For example,copies can include nucleotide analogs such as deoxyinosine, intentionalsequence alterations (such as sequence alterations introduced through aprimer comprising a sequence that is hybridizable, but notcomplementary, to the template), and/or sequence errors that occurduring amplification.

“Responsiveness” can be assessed using any endpoint indicating a benefitto the patient, including, without limitation, (1) inhibition, to someextent, of disease progression, including slowing down and completearrest; (2) reduction in the number of disease episodes and/or symptoms,(3) reduction in lesional size; (4) inhibition (i.e., reduction, slowingdown or complete stopping) of disease cell infiltration into adjacentperipheral organs and/or tissues; (5) inhibition (i.e., reduction,slowing down or complete stopping) of disease spread; (6) relief, tosome extent, of one or more symptoms associated with the disorder; (7)increase in the length of disease-free presentation following treatment;(8) decreased mortality at a given point of time following treatment,and/or (9) lack of adverse effects following treatment. Responsivenesscan also be assessed using any endpoint indicating side effect and/ortoxicity to the patient.

“Treating” or “treatment” or “alleviation” refers to therapeutictreatment wherein the object is to slow down (lessen) if not cure thetargeted pathologic condition or disorder or prevent recurrence of thecondition. A subject is successfully “treated” if, after receiving atherapeutic amount of a therapeutic agent, the subject shows observableand/or measurable reduction in or absence of one or more signs andsymptoms of the particular disease. For example, significant reductionin the number of cancer cells or absence of the cancer cells; reductionin the tumor size; inhibition (i.e., slow to some extent and preferablystop) of tumor metastasis; inhibition, to some extent, of tumor growth;increase in length of remission, and/or relief to some extent, one ormore of the symptoms associated with the specific cancer; reducedmorbidity and mortality, and improvement in quality of life issues.Reduction of the signs or symptoms of a disease may also be felt by thepatient. Treatment can achieve a complete response, defined asdisappearance of all signs of cancer, or a partial response, wherein thesize of the tumor is decreased, preferably by more than 50 percent, morepreferably by 75%. A patient is also considered treated if the patientexperiences stable disease. In some embodiments, treatment with atherapeutic agent is effective to result in the patients beingdisease-free 3 months after treatment, preferably 6 months, morepreferably one year, even more preferably 2 or more years posttreatment. These parameters for assessing successful treatment andimprovement in the disease are readily measurable by routine proceduresfamiliar to a physician of appropriate skill in the art.

The term “prediction” or “prognosis” is used herein to refer to thelikelihood that a patient will respond either favorably or unfavorablyto a drug or set of drugs. In one embodiment, the prediction relates tothe extent of those responses. In one embodiment, the prediction relatesto whether and/or the probability that a patient will survive or improvefollowing treatment, for example treatment with a particular therapeuticagent, and for a certain period of time without disease recurrence. Thepredictive methods of the invention can be used clinically to maketreatment decisions by choosing the most appropriate treatmentmodalities for any particular patient. The predictive methods of thepresent invention are valuable tools in predicting if a patient islikely to respond favorably to a treatment regimen, such as a giventherapeutic regimen, including for example, administration of a giventherapeutic agent or combination, surgical intervention, steroidtreatment, etc.

As used herein the term “sample” refers to anything which may contain ananalyte for which an analyte assay is desired. The sample may be abiological sample, such as a biological fluid or a biological tissue.Examples of biological fluids include urine, blood, plasma, serum,saliva, semen, stool, sputum, cerebral spinal fluid, tears, mucus,amniotic fluid or the like. Biological tissues are aggregate of cells,usually of a particular kind together with their intercellular substancethat form one of the structural materials of a human, animal, plant,bacterial, fungal or viral structure, including connective, epithelium,muscle and nerve tissues. Examples of biological tissues also includeorgans, tumors, lymph nodes, arteries and individual cell(s).

Primers for Amplification of SNPs

In one aspect, the present disclosure provides sets of primers to detectone or more of the following SNPs: rs10229583, rs10811661, rs10886471,rs1111875, rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634, rs1535500, rs16856187,rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874, rs3786897, rs4430796,rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464, rs7041847, rs7172432,rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094, rs7903146, rs8050136,rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164, rs4668142, rs2380261,rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729, rs3811951, rs156019,rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021, rs2230806, rs11212617, andrs622342.

In one aspect, the present disclosure provides primer sets 1-47 fordetecting one or more of the following SNPs: rs10229583, rs10811661,rs10886471, rs1111875, rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634, rs1535500,rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874, rs3786897,rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464, rs7041847,rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094, rs7903146,rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164, rs4668142,rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729, rs3811951,rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021, rs2230806,rs11212617, and rs622342.

In one aspect, Primer Set 1 comprises Amplification Primer Set 1 fordetecting rs10229583; Primer Set 2 comprises Amplification Primer Set 2for detecting rs10811661; Primer Set 3 comprises Amplification PrimerSet 3 for detecting rs10886471; Primer Set 4 comprises AmplificationPrimer Set 4 for detecting rs1111875; Primer Set 5 comprisesAmplification Primer Set 5 for detecting rs12742393; Primer Set 6comprises Amplification Primer Set 6 for detecting rs12779790; PrimerSet 7 comprises Amplification Primer Set 7 for detecting rs13266634;Primer Set 8 comprises Amplification Primer Set 8 for detectingrs1535500; Primer Set 9 comprises Amplification Primer Set 9 fordetecting rs16856187; Primer Set 10 comprises Amplification Primer Set10 for detecting rs16861329; Primer Set 11 comprises AmplificationPrimer Set 11 for detecting rs1801282; Primer Set 12 comprisesAmplification Primer Set 12 for detecting rs2237892; Primer Set 13comprises Amplification Primer Set 13 for detecting rs340874; Primer Set14 comprises Amplification Primer Set 14 for detecting rs3786897; PrimerSet 15 comprises Amplification Primer Set 15 for detecting rs4430796;Primer Set 16 comprises Amplification Primer Set 16 for detectingrs5219; Primer Set 17 comprises Amplification Primer Set 17 fordetecting rs6017317; Primer Set 18 comprises Amplification Primer Set 18for detecting rs6467136; Primer Set 19 comprises Amplification PrimerSet 19 for detecting rs6815464; Primer Set 20 comprises AmplificationPrimer Set 20 for detecting rs7041847; Primer Set 21 comprisesAmplification Primer Set 21 for detecting rs7172432; Primer Set 22comprises Amplification Primer Set 22 for detecting rs7612463; PrimerSet 23 comprises Amplification Primer Set 23 for detecting rs7651090;Primer Set 24 comprises Amplification Primer Set 24 for detectingrs7756992; Primer Set 25 comprises Amplification Primer Set 25 fordetecting rs780094; Primer Set 26 comprises Amplification Primer Set 26for detecting rs7903146; Primer Set 27 comprises Amplification PrimerSet 27 for detecting rs8050136; Primer Set 28 comprises AmplificationPrimer Set 28 for detecting rs831571; Primer Set 29 comprisesAmplification Primer Set 29 for detecting rs9470794; Primer Set 30comprises Amplification Primer Set 30 for detecting rs2268388; PrimerSet 31 comprises Amplification Primer Set 31 for detecting rs9565164;Primer Set 32 comprises Amplification Primer Set 32 for detectingrs4668142; Primer Set 33 comprises Amplification Primer Set 33 fordetecting rs2380261; Primer Set 34 comprises Amplification Primer Set 34for detecting rs39059; Primer Set 35 comprises Amplification Primer Set35 for detecting rs17756941; Primer Set 36 comprises AmplificationPrimer Set 36 for detecting rs245955; Primer Set 37 comprisesAmplification Primer Set 37 for detecting rs245962; Primer Set 38comprises Amplification Primer Set 38 for detecting rs266729; Primer Set39 comprises Amplification Primer Set 39 for detecting rs3811951; PrimerSet 40 comprises Amplification Primer Set 40 for detecting rs156019;Primer Set 41 comprises Amplification Primer Set 41 for detectingrs6234; Primer Set 42 comprises Amplification Primer Set 42 fordetecting rs3856806; Primer Set 43 comprises Amplification Primer Set 43for detecting rs10494366; Primer Set 44 comprises Amplification PrimerSet 44 for detecting rs11977021; Primer Set 45 comprises AmplificationPrimer Set 45 for detecting rs2230806; Primer Set 46 comprisesAmplification Primer Set 46 for detecting rs11212617; and/or Primer Set47 comprises Amplification Primer Set 47 for detecting rs622342.

In one aspect, Amplification Primer Set 1 for detecting rs10229583comprises a single-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 1) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 2). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 2 for detecting rs10811661 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 3) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 4). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 3 for detecting rs10886471 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 5) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 6). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 4 for detecting rs1111875 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 7) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 8). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 5 for detecting rs12742393 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 9) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 10). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 6 for detecting rs12779790 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 11) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 12). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 7 for detecting rs13266634 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 13) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 14). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 8 for detecting rs1535500 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 15) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 16). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 9 for detecting rs16856187 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 17) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 18). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 10 for detecting rs16861329 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 19) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 20). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 11 for detecting rs1801282 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 21) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 22). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 12 for detecting rs2237892 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 23) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 24). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 13 for detecting rs340874 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 25) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 26). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 14 for detecting rs3786897 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 27) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 28). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 15 for detecting rs4430796 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 29) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 30). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 16 for detecting rs5219 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 31) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 32). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 17 for detecting rs6017317 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 33) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 34). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 18 for detecting rs6467136 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 35) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 36). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 19 for detecting rs6815464 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 37) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 38). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 20 for detecting rs7041847 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 39) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 40). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 21 for detecting rs7172432 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 41) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 42). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 22 for detecting rs7612463 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 43) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 44). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 23 for detecting rs7651090 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 45) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 46). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 24 for detecting rs7756992 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 47) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 48). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 25 for detecting rs780094 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 49) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 50). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 26 for detecting rs7903146 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 51) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 52). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 27 for detecting rs8050136 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 53) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 54). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 28 for detecting rs831571 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 55) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 56). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 29 for detecting rs9470794 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 57) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 58). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 30 for detecting rs2268388 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 59) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 60). In one aspect.Amplification Primer Set 31 for detecting rs9565164 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 61) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 62). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 32 for detecting rs4668142 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 63) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 64). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 33 for detecting rs2380261 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 65) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 66). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 34 for detecting rs39059 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 67) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 68). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 35 for detecting rs17756941 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 69) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 70). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 36 for detecting rs245955 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 71) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 72). In one aspect.Amplification Primer Set 37 for detecting rs245962 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 73) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 74). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 38 for detecting rs266729 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 75) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 76). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 39 for detecting rs3811951 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 77) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 78). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 40 for detecting rs156019 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 79) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 80). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 41 for detecting rs6234 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 81) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 82). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 42 for detecting rs3856806 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 83) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 84). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 43 for detecting rs10494366 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 85) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 86). In one aspect.Amplification Primer Set 44 for detecting rs11977021 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 87) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 88). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 45 for detecting rs2230806 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 89) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 90). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 46 for detecting rs11212617 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 91) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 92). In one aspect,Amplification Primer Set 47 for detecting rs622342 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 93) and/or asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 94).

In any of the preceding embodiments, the amplification primer(s) cancomprise a nucleic acid sequence having at least about 50%, at leastabout 55%, at least about 60%, at least about 65%, at least about 70%,at least about 75%, at least about 80%, at least about 85%, at leastabout 90%, at least about 95%, at least about 99%, or 100% of any one ormore of SEQ ID NOs: 1-94.

Primers for Single Base Extension Reactions

In any of the preceding embodiments, the primer set can further comprisea polynucleotide for detecting one or more of the following SNPs:rs10229583, rs10811661, rs10886471, rs1111875, rs12742393, rs12779790,rs13266634, rs1535500, rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892,rs340874, rs3786897, rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464,rs7041847, rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094,rs7903146, rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164,rs4668142, rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729,rs3811951, rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021,rs2230806, rs11212617, and rs622342, by single base extension.

Single-base extension (SBE) is a method for determining the identity ofa nucleotide base at a specific position along a nucleic acid, forexample, for identifying a single-nucleotide polymorphism. In themethod, an oligonucleotide primer hybridizes to a complementary regionalong the nucleic acid, to form a duplex, with the primer's terminal 3′end directly adjacent to the nucleotide base to be identified. Theoligonucleotide primer is enzymatically extended by a single base in thepresence of all four nucleotide terminators; the nucleotide terminatorcomplementary to the base in the template being interrogated isincorporated and identified. The presence of all four terminatorsensures that no further extension occurs beyond the single incorporatedbase. Many approaches can be taken for determining the identity of aterminator, including fluorescence labeling, mass labeling for massspectrometry, measuring enzyme activity using a protein moiety, andisotope labeling. This approach was designed for high-throughput SNPgenotyping and was originally called “Genetic Bit Analysis” (GBA). SeeGoelet et al., 1999, U.S. Pat. No. 5,888,819.

In one aspect, Primer Set 1 comprises Single Base Extension Primer 1 fordetecting rs10229583; Primer Set 2 comprises Single Base ExtensionPrimer 2 for detecting rs10811661; Primer Set 3 comprises Single BaseExtension Primer 3 for detecting rs10886471; Primer Set 4 comprisesSingle Base Extension Primer 4 for detecting rs1111875 Primer Set 5comprises Single Base Extension Primer 5 for detecting rs12742393;Primer Set 6 comprises Single Base Extension Primer 6 for detectingrs12779790; Primer Set 7 comprises Single Base Extension Primer 7 fordetecting rs13266634; Primer Set 8 comprises Single Base ExtensionPrimer 8 for detecting rs1535500; Primer Set 9 comprises Single BaseExtension Primer 9 for detecting rs16856187; Primer Set 10 comprisesSingle Base Extension Primer 10 for detecting rs16861329; Primer Set 11comprises Single Base Extension Primer 11 for detecting rs1801282;Primer Set 12 comprises Single Base Extension Primer 12 for detectingrs2237892; Primer Set 13 comprises Single Base Extension Primer 13 fordetecting rs340874; Primer Set 14 comprises Single Base Extension Primer14 for detecting rs3786897; Primer Set 15 comprises Single BaseExtension Primer 15 for detecting rs4430796; Primer Set 16 comprisesSingle Base Extension Primer 16 for detecting rs5219; Primer Set 17comprises Single Base Extension Primer 17 for detecting rs6017317;Primer Set 18 comprises Single Base Extension Primer 18 for detectingrs6467136; Primer Set 19 comprises Single Base Extension Primer 19 fordetecting rs6815464; Primer Set 20 comprises Single Base ExtensionPrimer 20 for detecting rs7041847; Primer Set 21 comprises Single BaseExtension Primer 21 for detecting rs7172432; Primer Set 22 comprisesSingle Base Extension Primer 22 for detecting rs7612463; Primer Set 23comprises Single Base Extension Primer 23 for detecting rs7651090;Primer Set 24 comprises Single Base Extension Primer 24 for detectingrs7756992; Primer Set 25 comprises Single Base Extension Primer 25 fordetecting rs780094; Primer Set 26 comprises Single Base Extension Primer26 for detecting rs7903146; Primer Set 27 comprises Single BaseExtension Primer 27 for detecting rs8050136; Primer Set 28 comprisesSingle Base Extension Primer 28 for detecting rs831571; Primer Set 29comprises Single Base Extension Primer 29 for detecting rs9470794;Primer Set 30 comprises Single Base Extension Primer 30 for detectingrs2268388; Primer Set 31 comprises Single Base Extension Primer 31 fordetecting rs9565164; Primer Set 32 comprises Single Base ExtensionPrimer 32 for detecting rs4668142; Primer Set 33 comprises Single BaseExtension Primer 33 for detecting rs2380261; Primer Set 34 comprisesSingle Base Extension Primer 34 for detecting rs39059; Primer Set 35comprises Single Base Extension Primer 35 for detecting rs17756941;Primer Set 36 comprises Single Base Extension Primer 36 for detectingrs245955; Primer Set 37 comprises Single Base Extension Primer 37 fordetecting rs245962; Primer Set 38 comprises Single Base Extension Primer38 for detecting rs266729; Primer Set 39 comprises Single Base ExtensionPrimer 39 for detecting rs3811951; Primer Set 40 comprises Single BaseExtension Primer 40 for detecting rs156019; Primer Set 41 comprisesSingle Base Extension Primer 41 for detecting rs6234; Primer Set 42comprises Single Base Extension Primer 42 for detecting rs3856806;Primer Set 43 comprises Single Base Extension Primer 43 for detectingrs10494366; Primer Set 44 comprises Single Base Extension Primer 44 fordetecting rs11977021; Primer Set 45 comprises Single Base ExtensionPrimer 45 for detecting rs2230806; Primer Set 46 comprises Single BaseExtension Primer 46 for detecting rs11212617; and/or Primer Set 47comprises Single Base Extension Primer 47 for detecting rs622342.

In one aspect, Single Base Extension Primer 1 for detecting rs10229583comprises a single-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 95). In oneaspect, Single Base Extension Primer 2 for detecting rs10811661comprises a single-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 96). In oneaspect, Single Base Extension Primer 3 for detecting rs10886471comprises a single-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 97). In oneaspect, Single Base Extension Primer 4 for detecting rs1111875 comprisesa single-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 98). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 5 for detecting rs12742393 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 99). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 6 for detecting rs12779790 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 100). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 7 for detecting rs13266634 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 101). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 8 for detecting rs1535500 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 102). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 9 for detecting rs16856187 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 103). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 10 for detecting rs16861329 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 104). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 11 for detecting rs1801282 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 105). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 12 for detecting rs2237892 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 106). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 13 for detecting rs340874 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 107). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 14 for detecting rs3786897 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 108). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 15 for detecting rs4430796 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 109). In one aspect.Single Base Extension Primer 16 for detecting rs5219 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 110). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 17 for detecting rs6017317 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 111). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 18 for detecting rs6467136 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 112). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 19 for detecting rs6815464 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 113). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 20 for detecting rs7041847 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 114). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 21 for detecting rs7172432 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 115). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 22 for detecting rs7612463 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 116). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 23 for detecting rs7651090 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 117). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 24 for detecting rs7756992 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 118). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 25 for detecting rs780094 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 119). In one aspect.Single Base Extension Primer 26 for detecting rs7903146 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 120). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 27 for detecting rs8050136 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 121). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 28 for detecting rs831571 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 122). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 29 for detecting rs9470794 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 123). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 30 for detecting rs2268388 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 124). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 31 for detecting rs9565164 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 125). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 32 for detecting rs4668142 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 126). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 33 for detecting rs2380261 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 127). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 34 for detecting rs39059 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 128). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 35 for detecting rs17756941 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 129). In one aspect.Single Base Extension Primer 36 for detecting rs245955 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 130). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 37 for detecting rs245962 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 131). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 38 for detecting rs266729 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 132). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 39 for detecting rs381195 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 133). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 40 for detecting rs156019 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 134). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 41 for detecting rs6234 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 135). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 42 for detecting rs3856806 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 136). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 43 for detecting rs10494366 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 137). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 44 for detecting rs11977021 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 138). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 45 for detecting rs2230806 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 139). In one aspect.Single Base Extension Primer 46 for detecting rs11212617 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 140). In one aspect,Single Base Extension Primer 47 for detecting rs622342 comprises asingle-stranded DNA molecule (e.g., SEQ ID NO: 141).

In any of the preceding embodiments, the single base extension primer(s)can comprise a nucleic acid sequence having at least about 50%, at leastabout 55%, at least about 60%, at least about 65%, at least about 70%,at least about 75%, at least about 80%, at least about 85%, at leastabout 90° %, at least about 95%, at least about 99%, or 100% of any oneor more of SEQ ID NOs: 95-141.

In any of the preceding embodiments, each SNP locus can correspond to aset of amplification primers and a single-base extension primer.

In some embodiments, the rs10229583, the rs10811661, the rs10886471, thers1111875, the rs12742393, the rs12779790, the rs13266634, thers1535500, the rs16856187, the rs16861329, the rs1801282, the rs2237892,the rs340874, the rs3786897, the rs4430796, the rs5219, the rs6017317,the rs6467136, the rs6815464, the rs7041847, the rs7172432, thers7612463, the rs7651090, the rs7756992, the rs780094, the rs7903146,the rs8050136, the rs831571, the rs9470794, the rs2268388, thers9565164, the rs4668142, the rs2380261, the rs39059, the rs17756941,the rs245955, the rs245962, the rs266729, the rs3811951, the rs156019,the rs6234, the rs3856806, the rs10494366, the rs11977021, thers2230806, the rs11212617, and the rs622342 markers are the at least twoallelic polymorphism SNPs on human chromosome, and the specific locationof each SNP and flanking sequences are shown in Tables 1 to 5.

In some aspects, the present disclosure provides several advantages:

1) Risk of patients carrying any risk allele is higher than the generalpopulation. In addition, the risk alleles have the additive effect.Thus, the sets of primers of the present disclosure to detect the SNPcombination are more accurate than detection of a single site.

2) SNP sites of the present disclosure associated with type 2 diabetesare verified in East Asian population, which is suitable for theprediction, prevention and individualized treatment for type 2 diabetesof Chinese population.

The present disclosure is the first to reveal the SNP loci combinationassociated with type 2 diabetes in East Asian, diabetic complicationssusceptibility and antidiabetic drug resistance, and the primers aredesigned accordingly. The experimental results show the use of theamplification primers and single base extension primers can accuratelydetect the SNPs associated with type 2 diabetes in East Asian, thecomplications of and susceptibility to type 2 diabetes, and antidiabeticdrug resistance.

EXAMPLES

Experimental methods used in the embodiments described below are theconventional methods unless otherwise specified.

The materials and reagents used in following embodiments can be obtainedfrom commercial sources unless otherwise specified.

Example 1 The Design of the Amplification Primers for the Combination ofSNPs Associated with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the East AsianPopulation, Diabetic Nephropathy, Diabetic Retinitis (DR), ElderlyDiabetic Cardiopathy, and Anti-Diabetic Drug Sensitivity I. Screeningfor SNPs Associated with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in an East AsianPopulation, Diabetic Nephropathy, Diabetic Retinitis (DR), ElderlyDiabetic Cardiopathy, and Anti-Diabetic Drug Sensitivity

SNPs associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in East Asians, diabeticnephropathy, diabetic retinitis (DR), elderly diabetic cardiopathy, anddrug resistance to anti-diabetic treatment such as Repaglinide((S)-(+)-2-ethoxy-4-[2-(3-methyl-1-[2-(piperidin-1-yl)phenyl]butylamino)-2-oxoethyl]benzoicacid), Rosiglitazone((RS)-5-[4-(2-[methyl(pyridin-2-yl)amino]ethoxy)benzyl]thiazolidine-2,4-dione),Metformin (N,N-Dimethylimidodicarbonimidic diamide), and Gliclazide(N-(hexahydrocyclopenta[c]pyrrol-2(1H)-ylcarbamoyl)-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide),are searched and retrieved, and papers describing the same aredownloaded from databases, such as PubMed, mtSNP, the National KnowledgeInfrastructure (CKNI database), and the Vip database (Chongqing), and soon. SNP alleles that are significantly associated with increased risksfor type 2 diabetes mellitus in East Asians, diabetic nephropathy,diabetic retinitis (DR), and elderly diabetic cardiopathy, are selected.In addition, SNP alleles that are significantly associated with drugresistance to anti-diabetic medications are selected.

The SNPs associated with type 2 diabetes in East Asians selected in thisexample are as shown in Table 1. The SNPs associated with diabeticnephropathy are shown in Table 2. The SNPs associated with diabeticretinitis are shown in Table 3. The SNPs associated with elderlydiabetic cardiopathy are shown in Table 4. The SNPs associated withresistance to anti-diabetic drugs (Repaglinide, Rosiglitazone. Metforminand Gliclazide) are shown in Table 5.

TABLE 1 SNPs associated with type 2 diabetes Risk/ Flanking sequencessafe [the SNP sequence of RS NO. Gene Locus allele alleles] SEQ ID NO  1rs7756992 CDKAL1 Chr6:20679478 G/A ATATTCCCCCCTGTATTTTA SEQ ID NO:GTTTT[A/G]GATCTACAGT 165 TATGTAGCAATGAGC  2 rs10811661 / Chr9:22134095T/C CAGCTCACCTCCAGCTTTAG SEQ ID NO: TTTTC[C/T]CATGACAGTA 143AGTCTATTACCCTCC  3 rs8050136 FTO Chr16:53782363 A/C CATGCCAGTTGCCCACTGTGSEQ ID NO: GCAAT[A/C]AATATCTGAG 168 CCTGTGGTTTTTGCC  4 rs7041847 GLIS3Chr9:4287466 A/G AGAAGGCCCCTCCTTCCCTT SEQ ID NO: GACCA[A/G]TAGCTCCCCA161 AAATGTATGCGATGA  5 rs1111875 / Chr10:92703125 G/ATCCGTACCATCAAGTCATTT SEQ ID NO: CCTCT[A/G]GACGTCTGAA 145 CCTGCACTCAGGGTC 6 rs4430796 HNF1β Chr17:37738049 G/A ATACAGAGAGGCAGCACAGA SEQ ID NO:CTGGA[A/G]ATGCTGCATA 156 AAGCTTAAATTGGGC  7 rs7651090 IGF2BP2Chr3:185795604 G/A GTGAATTCTTTAAGAAAATG SEQ ID NO: AAGCC[A/G]GAAGCAGTGG164 GTCAGTCTGTAATCC  8 rs2237892 KCNQ1 Ch 11:2818521 C/TGGAGCTGTCACAGGACTTTG SEQ ID NO: CCACC[C/T]GGGGTGAGGG 153 GCCTAGAAACCCCTC 9 rs13266634 SLC30A8 Chr8:7172544 C/T TGCTTCTTTATCAACAGCAG SEQ ID NO:CCAGC[C/T]GGGACAGCCA 148 AGTGGTTCGGAGAGA 10 rs1801282 PPARGChr3:12351626 C/G AACTCTGGGAGATTCTCCTA SEQ ID NO: TTGAC[C/G]CAGAAAGCGA152 TTCCTTCACTGATAC 11 rs6017317 / Chr20:44318326 G/TAAGGCAAAGGATCTGAATAG SEQ ID NO: CTATT[G/T]CTCAAAACAA 158 GACAACATAGAAATG12 rs16856187 G6PC2 Chr2:168913876 A/C CCTCAGTTTACCCAGTTCTC SEQ ID NO:AACTG[A/C]GGAGTTTAGT 150 ATGGGGTTAAAATGG 13 rs6467136 / Chr7:127524904G/A CTTGGACATTACTTTAAAAG SEQ ID NO: TGCAA[A/G]TGACAAAAGA 159AAAATATAGATAAAT 14 rs5219 KCNJ11 Chr11:17388025 T/C CGCTGGCGGGCACGGTACCTSEQ ID NO: GGGCT[C/T]GGCAGGGTCC 157 TCTGCCAGGCGTGTC 15 rs1535500 KCNK16Chr6:39316274 T/G GGGGAGCCCACTGGGGTCAG SEQ ID NO: AGGCT[G/T]CCCCATCCTT149 GACGCCGAGGCCCCT 16 rs6815464 MAEA Chr4:1316113 C/GCCCGATACCTGTACCCCGGG SEQ ID NO: TTTTG[C/G]GCTGACACAT 160 GCTCCATTGCTTCCT17 rs12742393 NOS1AP Chr1:162254796 C/A TGGGAACAGGGCAATGCATT SEQ ID NO:TTACC[A/C]GTACAATCTG 146 TGGTATGGGTGGTGT 18 rs10229583 PAX4Chr7:127606849 A/G GTCTGATTTTTAAATCTGTT SEQ ID NO: GACAA[A/G]AGAAGGCTGA142 AACTGGAACATAAGA 19 rs3786897 PEPD Chr19:33402102 A/GACCTGTGTCTTCCAGGGAAA SEQ ID NO: AAGGG[A/G]CTCAGGGCTC 155 AGCCCAGGCAGGGAA20 rs831571 PSMD6 Chr3:64062621 C/T CCTCTTGACAACAAGATAGG SEQ ID NO:CTTTA[C/T]TTCGCCTCTA 169 GAATGGCCTCCAGCC 21 rs7903146 TCF7L2Chr10:112998590 T/C TAGAGAGCTAAGCACTTTTT SEQ ID NO: AGATA[C/T]TATATAATTT167 AATTGCCGTATGAGG 22 rs9470794 ZFAND3 Chr6:38139068 C/TATGAAGGATTCCAAGGAGCA SEQ ID NO: GCAGT[C/T]GGTCAGGTGG 170 GAAGAAAGGAGTGTG23 rs780094 GCKR Chr2:27518370 G/A GTTTTTTAGACCATGACTGA SEQ ID NO:CACAT[A/G]TTTGCTGATC 166 AATACATTTGTTGAG 24 rs10886471 GRK5Chr10:119389891 C/T AGTGCTTGTGTCCCTGGTCT SEQ ID NO: CTGGG[C/T]TCTTGGCCCA144 GCTGCTTTTCTGATT 25 rs12779790 / Chr10:12286011 G/ACCCGGACAATGTTGGGAATT SEQ ID NO: TTTTC[A/G]TATTTCTTGG 147 CCATTTATATATCTT26 rs340874 PROX1 Chr1:213985913 C/T AAATAAACTGGTAGGAGTAA SEQ ID NO:GGGCT[A/G]TATACCTTTC 154 CACACCTTAAAACCA 27 rs7612463 UBE2EChr3:23294959 C/A ATACAGGGTCTTCATTTATT SEQ ID NO: TTTAG[A/C]TACCTGAAAC163 TGAGTCTAAAACCAC 28 rs7172432 / Chr15:62104190 A/GTGTCACTGTCTACAAAATTG SEQ ID NO: TTAAT[A/G]TTCCCAAAGA 162 AACTGTCTGGGCCCC29 rs16861329 ST6GAL1 Chr3:186948673 T/C ACTGGTCTCTCTGCTATACC SEQ ID NO:AACAC[C/T]TTTGGCTCAG 151 CCTCAGCTCCAGCCA

TABLE 2 SNPs associated with diabetic nephropathy Risk/Flanking sequences safe [the SNP sequence of RS NO. Gene Locus allelealleles] SEQ ID NO 1 rs2268388 ACACB Chr12:109205840 T/CGCTGTTCTCCCAGCAGAGAA SEQ ID NO: CACTC[C/T]GTTTCCTGCC 171 CACCCTCTACCCCTC2 rs1801282 PPARG Chr3:1235162 C/G AACTCTGGGAGATTCTCCTA SEQ ID NO:TTGAC[C/G]CAGAAAGCGA 152 TTCCTTCACTGATAC

TABLE 3 SNPs associated with diabetic retinitis Risk/ Flanking sequencessafe [the SNP sequence of RS NO. Gene Locus allele alleles] SEQ ID NO 1rs9565164 / Chr13:75465240 C/T GCTATCAACTAATGCTGTTT SEQ ID NO:TTCAC[C/T]TAGTTTTGTC 172 CCACTCCTCTGCAAA 2 rs4668142 / Chr2:1694077675T/G TGTTTCATGCCAGCCAATGT SEQ ID NO: TCTGA[G/T]GTTCCAGCAT 173GCTTCACAGCAAAGC 3 rs2380261 / Chr2:234732536 T/G AGCCCAGCCAAGCATGGCTCSEQ ID NO: CAAGG[G/T]TGAAGAGAGC 174 TGCAAGGAGGCAAGG 4 rs39059 /Chr7:29215854 A/G CTTTTCTTTTGGCTTTAAAT SEQ ID NO: TATGC[A/G]CTCTTCTTCC175 TTAAGTGACTGATTC 5 rs17756941 / Chr7:29210391 G/ACTTTTGGAATGTGACCTACA SEQ ID NO: CTATG[A/G]AACCCAGCAC 176 GTACACACACAGGCA6 rs245955 / Chr7:29236691 C/T AATAGCTAACATAATACAAA SEQ ID NO:GTTAC[C/T]AGCTTGCACT 177 TATGTAAGGTCAGAG 7 rs245962 / Chr7:29250537 A/GAGACATGAGACTTTCATGAA SEQ ID NO: TTATA[A/G]CATGACTCCT 178 TAAATAATACAAAAG

TABLE 4 SNPs associated with diabetic cardiomyopathy Risk/Flanking sequences safe [the SNP sequence of RS NO. Gene Locus allelealleles] SEQ ID NO 1 rs266729 ADIPOQ Chr3:186841285 G/CGCACGCTCATGTTTTGTTTT SEQ ID NO: TGAAG[C/G]GCAGGATCTG 179 AGCCGGTTCTTGCAA2 rs3811951 PCSK1 Chr5:96426773 G/A ATGACAATTCAGTGTGTGGT SEQ ID NO:GGAAT[A/G]TTGTTAATGT 180 GAGAGTACTCATGAA 3 rs156019 PCSK1 Chr5:96411659A/T AAAGCATTTCCGCGCTTGGA SEQ ID NO: AGAAG[A/T]CTGAGTAGTT 181TTTTACTAGTGTAAA 4 rs6234 PCSK1 Chr5:96393270 G/C TGAGTTGGAGGAGGGAGCCCSEQ ID NO: CTTCC[C/G]AGGCCATGCT 182 GCGACTCCTGCAAAG 5 rs1801282 PPARGChr3:12351626 C/G AACTCTGGGAGATTCTCCTA SEQ ID NO: TTGAC[C/G]CAGAAAGCGA152 TTCCTTCACTGATAC 6 rs3856806 PPARγ Chr3:12434058 C/TACCTCAGACAGATTGTCACG SEQ ID NO: GAACA[C/T]GTGCAGCTAC 183 TGCAGGTGATCAAGA

TABLE 5 SNPs associated with drug resistance Flanking sequencesGood drug Poor drug [the SNP sequence of Drug SNP Gene Locus resistanceresistance allele] SEQ ID NO Repaglinide rs13266634 SLC30A8 Chr8: CT +TT CC TGCTTCTTTATCAACAGCAG SEQ ID NO: 117172544 CCAGC[C/T]GGGACAGCCA 148AGTGGTTCGGAGAGA rs10494366 NOS1AP Chr1: TT TG + GG TCAGATATTTATGGGAGGTASEQ ID NO: 162115895 TGCAG[G/T]TTTTAAATTC 184 TGAGAATTTGTACTG rs2237892KCNQ1 Chr11: TT TC + CC GGAGCTGTCACAGGACTTTG SEQ ID NO: 2818521CCACC[C/T]GGGGTGAGGG 153 GCCTAGAAACCCCTC rs11977021 NAMPT Chr7: CT CC +TT ATACTCCAATCTGACCTGAT SEQ ID NO: 106288069 TTGAC[C/T]TCAGTAAAAA 185ACACTGGTGAAGTAG rs7651090 IGF2BP2 Chr3: AG + GG AA GTGAATTCTTTAAGAAAATGSEQ ID NO: 185795604 AAGCC[A/G]GAAGCAGTGG 164 GTCAGTCTGTAATCC rs5219KCNJ11 Chr11: GG GA + AA CGCTGGCGGGCACGGTACCT SEQ ID NO: 17388025GGGCT[C/T]GGCAGGGTCC 157 TCTGCCAGGCGTGTC rs7903146 TCF7L2 Chr10: TT CC +CT TAGAGAGCTAAGCACTTTTT SEQ ID NO: 112998590 AGATA[C/T]TATATAATTT 167AATTGCCGTATGAGG Rosiglitazone rs13266634 SLC30A8 Chr8: CC + TC TTTGCTTCTTTATCAACAGCAG SEQ ID NO: 117172544 CCAGC[C/T]GGGACAGCCA 148AGTGGTTCGGAGAGA rs2237892 KCNQ1 Chr11: TT TC + CC GGAGCTGTCACAGGACTTTGSEQ ID NO: 2818521 CCACC[C/T]GGGGTGAGGG 153 GCCTAGAAACCCCTC rs1801282PPAR-γ2 Chr3: CG + GG CC AACTCTGGGAGATTCTCCTA SEQ ID NO: 12351626TTGAC[C/G]CAGAAAGCGA 152 TTCCTTCACTGATAC rs6467136 PAX4 Chr7: AA + AG GGCTTGGACATTACTTTAAAAG SEQ ID NO: 127524904 TGCAA[A/G]TGACAAAAGA 159AAAATATAGATAAAT rs2230806 ABCA1 Chr9: GG AA + GA GTTTCTGAGCTTTGTGGCCTSEQ ID NO: 104858586 ACCAA[A/G]GGAGAAACTG 186 GCTGCAGCAGAGCGA Metforminrs11212617 near ATM Chr11: CC CA + AA CCAATTACAAAGGGCAGATC SEQ ID NO:108412434 AGAGA[A/C]TGTCAGAGCG 187 GATAAAAAATCAAGA rs622342 SLC22A1Chr6: AA CC + AC TTTCTTCAAATTTGATGAAA SEQ ID NO: 160151834ACTTC[A/C]AATACATAGA 188 TCTAACAATCTCAAT Gliclazide rs5219 KCNJ11 Chr11:AA + GA GG CGCTGGCGGGCACGGTACCT SEQ ID NO: 17388025 GGGCT[C/T]GGCAGGGTCC157 TCTGCCAGGCGTGTC Pioglitazone rs1801282 PPAR-γ2 Chr3: CG + GG CCAACTCTGGGAGATTCTCCTA SEQ ID NO: 12351626 TTGAC[C/G]CAGAAAGCGA 152TTCCTTCACTGATAC

II. Design of Amplification Primers and Single Base Extension Primersfor SNP Combination

The amplification primers and single base extension primers in Example 1were designed using software from the official website of sequenom.com.The sensitivity requirements of the primers are: the target fragment canbe amplified in the reaction system with the DNA template as low to 10ng. The accuracy requirements of the primers are: greater than 99.7%.The amplification primers and single base extension primers designed forthe SNPs in Example 1 are shown in Table 6 and Table 7.

The primers were distributed as follows: the amplification primers forthe 47 SNPs are randomly assigned to five different reaction wells (W01,W02, W03, W04, and W05), and the amplification primers for SNP withdifferent rs numbers were assigned as shown in Table 8. Afteramplification primers were set in each well, the Sequenom platform wasused to automatically calculate the most appropriate final reactionconcentration for each primer, and use this concentration automatically.

TABLE 6 Sequences of amplification Primer designed for the SNPs SNPPrimer Sequence (SEQ ID NO) rs10229583 ACGTTGGATGCTCTTA ACGTTGGATGGCTGCCTGTTCCAGTTTCAG TATTCCCCACTTTG (SEQ ID NO: 1) (SEQ ID NO: 2) rs10811661ACGTTGGATGAGATCA ACGTTGGATGGTCAAT GGAGGGTAATAGAC AAGCGTTCTTGCCC(SEQ ID NO: 3) (SEQ ID NO: 4) rs10886471 ACGTTGGATGTACAGAACGTTGGATGAATCTG AGTGCTTGTGTCCC AGGATGAGCTGAAC (SEQ ID NO: 5)(SEQ ID NO: 6) rs1111875 ACGTTGGATGAAAAAA ACGTTGGATGACCTCCTGGACCCTGAGTGC GTACCATCAAGTCA (SEQ ID NO: 7) (SEQ ID NO: 8) rs12742393ACGTTGGATGCACTAT ACGTTGGATGAGGATA AAGCTGGGAACAGG ACACCACCCATACC(SEQ ID NO: 9) (SEQ ID NO: 10) rs12779790 ACGTTGGATGACCCGGACGTTGGATGGGGCTA ACAATGTTGGGAAT AGGACATGAATAG (SEQ ID NO: 11)(SEQ ID NO: 12) rs13266634 ACGTTGGATGGCAATT ACGTTGGATGGCAATCTCTCTCCGAACCAC AGTGCTAATCTCCC (SEQ ID NO: 13) (SEQ ID NO: 14) rs1535500ACGTTGGATGAGAGAT ACGTTGGATGAGCTCT GGGGATCTTCTGAG GGCTGCTCAGTAG(SEQ ID NO: 15) (SEQ ID NO: 16) rs16856187 ACGTTGGATGCTCCAGACGTTGGATGCACACC AAGGCCATTTAGTG GTGAATGAACCTTC (SEQ ID NO: 17)(SEQ ID NO: 18) rs16861329 ACGTTGGATGTGTGGG ACGTTGGATGCACTGGCCATGAATTTGAGG TCTCTCTGCTATAC (SEQ ID NO: 19) (SEQ ID NO: 20) rs1801282ACGTTGGATGTGTATC ACGTTGGATGCAAACC AGTGAAGGAATCGC CCTATTCCATGCTG(SEQ ID NO: 21) (SEQ ID NO: 22) rs2237892 ACGTTGGATGCAGATGACGTTGGATGTGTAAG ATGGGAGCTGTCAC GCATCTGGTGGAGA (SEQ ID NO: 23)(SEQ ID NO: 24) rs340874 ACGTTGGATGCATATA ACGTTGGATGGAGCAGAGTTAGCGCCAGCC ATGGTTTTAAGGTG (SEQ ID NO: 25) (SEQ ID NO: 26) rs3786897ACGTTGGATGTCATCT ACGTTGGATGAAGCCA GCATAGGACAGCCC TCCTGGAAGACCTG(SEQ ID NO: 27) (SEQ ID NO: 28) rs4430796 ACGTTGGATGCAAAGAACGTTGGATGTGAATA CCCAACAACGCTTG CAGAGAGGCAGCAC (SEQ ID NO: 29)(SEQ ID NO: 30) rs5219 ACGTTGGATGGGCATC ACGTTGGATGTCCGCT ATCCCCGAGGAATAGGCGGGCACGGTA (SEQ ID NO: 31) (SEQ ID NO: 32) rs6017317 ACGTTGGATGAAGAAAACGTTGGATGCTGTTG AGGCAAAGGATCTG GCCATTTCTATGTTG (SEQ ID NO: 33)(SEQ ID NO: 34) rs6467136 ACGTTGGATGTGATGA ACGTTGGATGAGGTAAGATCCAATTTATC TATTTTCTTGGAC (SEQ ID NO: 35) (SEQ ID NO: 36) rs6815464ACGTTGGATGGCAAAG ACGTTGGATGTCTGCA CTCTCACGAGGAAG CACATCCTGCTTAG(SEQ ID NO: 37) (SEQ ID NO: 38) rs7041847 ACGTTGGATGGATGCCACGTTGGATGTTTACC GCGTTGTAAATCAC ACCTCATCGCATAC (SEQ ID NO: 39)(SEQ ID NO: 40) rs7172432 ACGTTGGATGCTTTGG ACGTTGGATGCTGGCTGAGATAGGTTCTGC TAAAAGAGGGCTTG (SEQ ID NO: 41) (SEQ ID NO: 42) rs7612463ACGTTGGATGCTGCCT ACGTTGGATGAGAGAA AATACAGGGTCTTC GTGGTTTTAGACTC(SEQ ID NO: 43) (SEQ ID NO: 44) rs7651090 ACGTTGGATGAGGAGAACGTTGGATGTGCTGG CAAAATCATCTGGG GATTACAGACTGAC (SEQ ID NO: 45)(SEQ ID NO: 46) rs7756992 ACGTTGGATGGCAAAA ACGTTGGATGGACAATGGACTGATAATGAGC TAATATTCCCCCCTG (SEQ ID NO: 47) (SEQ ID NO: 48) rs780094ACGTTGGATGCCCGGC ACGTTGGATGAGGGCC CTCAACAAATGTAT CCAGTTTTTTAGAC(SEQ ID NO: 49) (SEQ ID NO: 50) rs7903146 ACGTTGGATGAACTAAACGTTGGATGACAATT GGGTGCCTCATACG AGAGAGCTAAGCAC (SEQ ID NO: 51)(SEQ ID NO: 52) rs8050136 ACGTTGGATGCTCTAC ACGTTGGATGTAGTCTAGTTTACCTAAGGC AGGCATGCCAGTTG (SEQ ID NO: 53) (SEQ ID NO: 54) rs831571ACGTTGGATGAGCTGG ACGTTGGATGGACAAG TGACCTAGAGATAG GCTATCCATCCTC(SEQ ID NO: 55) (SEQ ID NO: 56) rs9470794 ACGTTGGATGGCTGGGACGTTGGATGCTTCTG TGATTTTAGAGGAG TGATGTCACACTCC (SEQ ID NO: 57)(SEQ ID NO: 58) rs2268388 ACGTTGGATGGAGAAA ACGTTGGATGGTGCTGAGCCTGCAGGGCTA TTCTCCCAGCAGA (SEQ ID NO: 59) (SEQ ID NO: 60) rs9565164ACGTTGGATGGATTCC ACGTTGGATGATTTTG AGAGTCCAGGAAC CAGAGGAGTGGGAC(SEQ ID NO: 61) (SEQ ID NO: 62) rs4668142 ACGTTGGATGATCATTACGTTGGATGTCTCTC CTGGGGTAATAGGC TCCACTCAATCTCG (SEQ ID NO: 63)(SEQ ID NO: 64) rs238021 ACGTTGGATGTGTTGG ACGTTGGATGAACAAGGAAGGTTTAGATGC GTAGCCCAGCCAAG (SEQ ID NO: 65) (SEQ ID NO: 66) rs39059ACGTTGGATGAGGACC ACGTTGGATGTCAGAA ATAACCTATGGGAC TCAGTCACTTAAGG(SEQ ID NO: 67) (SEQ ID NO: 68) rs17756941 ACGTTGGATGGAATGAACGTTGGATGCCTTTT AGTATTGGTGTGTGC GGAATGTGACCTAC (SEQ ID NO: 69)(SEQ ID NO: 70) rs245955 ACGTTGGATGCCCATT ACGTTGGATGGTTTCTTGAGAACTCTGACC TGTTGCTGCTATAA (SEQ ID NO: 71) (SEQ ID NO: 72) rs245962ACGTTGGATGGTTCCT ACGTTGGATGGAAGGT AGTCTAAAATAGTC ACAGAAGACATGAG(SEQ ID NO: 73) (SEQ ID NO: 74) rs266729 ACGTTGGATGATGTGTACGTTGGATGACCTTG GGCTTGCAAGAACC GACTTTCTTGGCAC (SEQ ID NO: 75)(SEQ ID NO: 76) rs3811951 ACGTTGGATGTTTCCT ACGTTGGATGGCTGATACCCCAAACACATC TCATGAGTACTCTC (SEQ ID NO: 77) (SEQ ID NO: 78) rs156019ACGTTGGATGAGCAGA ACGTTGGATGCCTGCT AGGCAACACGTTTC GCTTTTGGGTTTTT(SEQ ID NO: 79) (SEQ ID NO: 80) rs6234 ACGTTGGATGATGAGT ACGTTGGATGCTTTGGTGGAGGAGGGAGC CGGTGAGTTTTTAC (SEQ ID NO: 81) (SEQ ID NO: 82) rs3856806ACGTTGGATGGCTGCT ACGTTGGATGTCTCCG CCAGAAAATGACAG TCTTCTTGATCACC(SEQ ID NO: 83) (SEQ ID NO: 84) rs10494366 ACGTTGGATGGTGTCCACGTTGGATGGATCAG TAGATAGAGACCAG ATATTTATGGGAGG (SEQ ID NO: 85)(SEQ ID NO: 86) rs11977021 ACGTTGGATGAAAGTT ACGTTGGATGCAGGTAGCCTCAGATACTCC GGTGAGTTCCATAC (SEQ ID NO: 87) (SEQ ID NO: 88) rs2230806ACGTTGGATGTCAACT ACGTTGGATGCAGGAT TGGTGACCAAGAAG GTCCATGTTGGAAC(SEQ ID NO: 89) (SEQ ID NO: 90) rs11212617 ACGTTGGATGACCAATACGTTGGATGGTGGGT TACAAAGGGCAGAT TGGTTGTGGATAAC (SEQ ID NO: 91)(SEQ ID NO: 92) rs622342 ACGTTGGATGTAGGAG ACGTTGGATGGGTTAGGGGTTAATAGAGAG TATTTATTGAGATTG (SEQ ID NO: 93) (SEQ ID NO: 91)

TABLE 7 Primer sequences for detecting SNPs by single base extension SNPPrimer Sequence SEQ ID NO rs10229583 TGATTTTTAAATCTGTTGACAASEQ ID NO: 95 rs10811661 ggCACCTCCAGCTTTAGTTTTC SEQ ID NO: 96 rs10886471AAAAGCAGCTGGGCCAAGA SEQ ID NO: 97 rs1111875 CCATCAAGTCATTTCCTCTSEQ ID NO: 98 rs12742393 CCACCCATACCACAGATTGTAC SEQ ID NO: 99 rs12779790tgAGATATATAAATGGCCAAGAA SEQ ID NO: 100 ATA rs13266634 TATCAACAGCAGCCAGCSEQ ID NO: 101 rs1535500 CTCCTCGGCGTCAAGGATGGGG SEQ ID NO: 102rs16856187 cAACCCCATACTAAACTCC SEQ ID NO: 103 rs16861329TCTCTGCTATACCAACAC SEQ ID NO: 104 rs1801282 AAACTCTGGGAGATTCTCCTATTSEQ ID NO: 105 GAC rs2237892 TCTAGGCCCCTCACCCC SEQ ID NO: 106 rs340874cAAGGTGTGGAAAGGTATA SEQ ID NO: 107 rs3786897 TGTCTTCCAGGGAAAAAGGGSEQ ID NO: 108 rs4430796 AGGCAGCACAGACTGGA SEQ ID NO: 109 rs5219GGCACGGTACCTGGGCT SEQ ID NO: 110 rs6017317 TCTATGTTGTCTTGTTTTGAGSEQ ID NO: 111 rs6467136 ggagGGACATTACTTTAAAAGTG SEQ ID NO: 112 CAArs6815464 ctATACCTGTACCCCGGGTTTTG SEQ ID NO: 113 rs7041847CTCATCGCATACATTTTGGGGAG SEQ ID NO: 114 CTA rs7172432cAGGGCCCACTACAGTTTCTTTG SEQ ID NO: 115 GGAA rs7612463GGTTTTAGACTCAGTTTCAGGTA SEQ ID NO: 116 rs7651090 GACTGACCCACTGCTTCSEQ ID NO: 117 rs7756992 cCCCCCCTGTATTTTAGTTTTT SEQ ID NO: 118 rs780094ggTTAGACCATGACTGACACAT SEQ ID NO: 119 rs7903146 GAGCTAAGCACTTTTTAGATASEQ ID NO: 120 rs8050136 TGCCAGTTGCCCACTGTGGCAAT SEQ ID NO: 121 rs831571aCTCTTGACAACAAGATAGGCTT SEQ ID NO: 122 TA rs9470794aTCCTTTCTTCCCACCTGACC SEQ ID NO: 123 rs2268388 taTGTTCTCCCAGCAGAGAACACSEQ ID NO: 124 TC rs9565164 GGAGTGGGACAAAACTA SEQ ID NO: 125 rs4668142TGCCAGCCAATGTTCTGA SEQ ID NO: 126 rs2380261 GCCCAGCCAAGCATGGCTCCAAGSEQ ID NO: 127 G rs39059 aaagCAGTCACTTAAGGAAGAAG SEQ ID NO: 128 AGrs17756941 gagGGAATGTGACCTACACTATG SEQ ID NO: 129 rs245955TAATAGCTAACATAATACAAAGT SEQ ID NO: 130 TAC rs245962ACATGAGACTTTCATGAATTATA SEQ ID NO: 131 rs266729 GGCACGCTCATGTTTTGTTTTTGSEQ ID NO: 132 AAG rs3811951 TCATGAGTACTCTCACATTAACA SEQ ID NO: 133 Ars156019 ggACACTAGTAAAAAACTACTCA SEQ ID NO: 134 G rs6234GAGTCGCAGCATGGCCT SEQ ID NO: 135 rs3856806 gcTCACCTGCAGTAGCTGCACSEQ ID NO: 136 rs10494366 TTATGGGAGGTATGCAG SEQ ID NO: 137 rs11977021CACCAGTGTTTTTTACTGA SEQ ID NO: 138 rs2230806 TGCTGCAGCCAGTTTCTCCSEQ ID NO: 139 rs11212617 TTTTTTATCCGCTCTGACA SEQ ID NO: 140 rs622342TTGAGATTGTTAGATCTATGTAT SEQ ID NO: 141 T

TABLE 8 Primers for SNP with different rs are assigned in differentwells. SNP Well rs10229583 W02 rs10494366 W04 rs10811661 W01 rs10886471W02 rs1111875 W03 rs11212617 W01 rs11977021 W02 rs12742393 W01rs12779790 W02 rs13266634 W03 rs1535500 W04 rs156019 W03 rs16856187 W01rs16861329 W03 rs17756941 W02 rs1801282 W03 rs2230806 W05 rs2237892 W01rs2268388 W03 rs2380261 W01 rs245955 W03 rs245962 W02 rs266729 W03rs340874 W01 rs3786897 W02 rs3811951 W03 rs3856806 W01 rs39059 W01rs4430796 W04 rs4668142 W02 rs5219 W04 rs6017317 W05 rs622342 W02 rs6234W03 rs6467136 W03 rs6815464 W03 rs7041847 W02 rs7172432 W01 rs7612463W03 rs7651090 W02 rs7756992 W01 rs780094 W02 rs7903146 W02 rs8050136 W01rs831571 W01 rs9470794 W02 rs9565164 W02

The amplification primers and single base extension primer may also bepart of a kit to detect the following SNPs: rs10229583, rs10811661,rs10886471, rs1111875, rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634, rs1535500,rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874, rs3786897,rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464, rs7041847,rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094, rs7903146,rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164, rs4668142,rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729, rs3811951,rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021, rs2230806,rs11212617, and rs622342.

Example 2 Application of the Amplification Primers and Single BaseExtension Primer in the Detection of SNPs Associated with Diabetes

I. Blood Sample Collection:

3252 blood samples of diabetes patients from Shanghai Sixth People'sHospital were collected. All patients were diagnosed clinically and theDNA sequences were confirmed by sequencing. Informed consent wasobtained from each participant. 3359 blood samples of normal people werealso collected.

II. DNA Extraction:

DNA was extracted from blood samples obtained in Step 1, as follows:adding 250 μl blood and 225 μl GH buffer into a centrifuge tube with 1.5ml protease K; mixing by pipetting or shaking; incubating for 10 min at65° C.; mixing for three times during the incubation by inversion orvibration; adding 20 μl bead suspension G; mixing by pipetting orshaking; adding 325 μl isopropanol (alternatively, beads can be firstmixed with isopropanol in an ratio as above and then the mixture can beadded together); mixing by pipetting or shaking for 15 min; removing theliquid carefully when beads were completely adsorbed after standing for30 seconds on a magnetic rack stand and then adding 700 μl wash bufferI; mixing by pipetting or shaking; removing the liquid carefully whenbeads were completely adsorbed after standing for 30 seconds on amagnetic rack stand and then adding 700 μl wash buffer II; mixing bypipetting or shaking; letting the centrifuge tube dry on the magneticstand at room temperature for 10 minutes after removing the liquidcarefully when beads were completely adsorbed after standing for 30seconds on a magnetic rack stand; adding 6510 eluent TB to thecentrifuge tube after it was removed from the magnetic rack stand;mixing by pipetting or shaking; incubating for 10 minutes at 56° C.;mixing for three times during the incubation by inversion or vibration(the speed can also be adjusted to 1500 rpm if thermostatic bath withthe function of oscillation is used). The DNA solution in the centrifugetube was transferred to a collection plate when beads were completelyadsorbed after standing for 2 minutes on the magnetic rack stand. TheDNA solution was stored at −20° C.

III. PCR Amplification:

Diluted DNA derived from the blood samples extracted from Step II wasadded to the 384-well plate, and multiplex PCR amplification wasperformed as described below. The multiplex PCR amplification reactionsystem was added to each well, including: 25 mM dNTPs 0.1 μl, 10×PCRBuffer 0.4 μl, 25 mmol/L MgCl₂ 0.4 μl, template DNA 10 ng, 0.5 μM primermixture (amplification primers of the all SNP loci added to each well asshown in Table 8) 1 μl, HotstarTaq (5 U/μl) 0.1 μl. The reaction volumewas brought up to 5 μl by water.

The 384-well plate was sealed by the film to prevent sample evaporation.The sealed plate was placed on AB19700 PCR instrument, with thefollowing conditions: initial denaturation at 94° C. 2 min; 94° C. 20sec; 56° C. 30 sec; 72° C. 1 min; 45 cycles; 72° C. 3 min; hold at 4° C.The resulting PCR products were centrifuged at 2500 rpm for Imin.

The reagents in the following steps IV-VIII were obtained from Sequenomfor use with the Sequenom platform, and results were obtained accordingto the manufacturer's instructions. The specific steps are as follows.

IV. Digestion by SAP:

The PCR amplification products obtained from Step III were digested bySAP (shrimp alkaline phosphatase), after being centrifuged at 2000 rpmfor 1 min. The specific steps were as follows: preparing the SAPreaction mix (2 μl/well) that is 110% of the required sample volume: SAPBuffer 0.17 μl, SAP Enzyme 0.3 μl, and the total reaction volume wasbrought up to 2 μl by water.

The SAP reaction mix (2 μl/well) was then added to the 384-well plateafter Step III, and the reaction mix was pipetted for five times with amulti-channel pipettor. The plate was sealed with a film membrane,vortexed for 30 seconds and centrifuged at 2500 rpm for 1 min.

The 384-plate was placed on the AB19700 PCR instrument and was set withthe following reaction procedure: 37° C. 40 min, 85° C. 5 min, hold at4° C., to obtain the SAP digested product. The SAP digested product wascentrifuged at 2500 rpm for 1 min.

V. Single Base Extension Reaction:

The SAP digested products obtained from Step IV were subject to singlebase extension reaction. The specific steps were as follows: preparingthe extension mix with 20% redundancy (i.e., at a volume of 120% of therequired volume), which contained iPLEX Buffer plus 0.2 μl, iPLEXTerminator 0.2 μl, iPLEX Enzyme 0.041 μl, primer mix 1 μl (single baseextension primers of the all SNP loci added to each well as shown inTable 8). The total volume was brought up to 2.06 μl by water. Theextension mix (2.06 μl) was added to the 384-well plate after Step IV bya multi-channel pipettor, and was pipetted for five times. The plate wassealed with a film membrane, and centrifuged at 2500 rpm for 1 min. The384-plate was then placed on the ABI9700 PCR instrument and theextension reaction procedure was set as shown in Table 9. Then thesingle base extension reaction products were centrifuged at 2500 rpm for1 min.

TABLE 9 Procedures of single base extension reaction First 94° C. 30 sSecond 94° C. 5 s 1 cycle 40 cycles 52° C. 5 s 5 cycles 80° C. 5 s Third72° C. 3 min Forth  4° C. ∞

VI. Resin Purification:

The single base extension reaction products from Step V were centrifugedat 3000 rpm for 2 min. 16 μl MBG water was added to each well. The384-well plate was sealed with a film, and then centrifuged at 3000 rpmfor 1 min. A 6 mg plate was placed on a clean sheet of A4 paper, and anappropriate amount of resin was placed on the 384-well plate with aspoon. A plastic lid was then used to compact the resin several times sothat each well contained an equal amount of the resin. The 384-wellplate was faced to the 6 mg plate well-to-well. The 6 mg plate was onthe top and the 384-well plate was on the bottom. The back of the 6 mgplate was taped gently so that the resin fell into the wells of 384-wellplate equipped with the single-base extension product. The 384-wellplate was sealed with a film and rotated vertically for 30 min by alow-speed shaker to mix the resin and reagents. The plate was thencentrifuged at 3000 rpm for 3 min to collect the resin to the bottom ofthe wells and the purified extension products were obtained.

VII. Mass Spectrometry Detection:

First, the MassARRAY Nanodispenser RS 1000 spotter was used to spot theresin purified extension products from Step VI to the chip of 384 dotSpectroCHIP (Sequenom) to obtain the spotted SpectroCHIP chip. ThenMALDI-TOF (matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight)was used to analyze the spotted SpectroCHIP chip, and TYPER 4.0 software(Sequenom) was used to obtain the genotyping results.

VIII. The Detection Results:

The results suggest that the SNP genotyping results of 47 SNP sites forall samples are consistent with the results from DNA sequencing. The SNPgenotyping results of one test sample (test sample 1 of diabeticpatients) are shown in Table 10. The amplification primers of thepresent invention and a single-base primer extension can be effectivelyused to detect the following SNP loci: rs10229583, rs10811661,rs10886471, rs1111875, rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634, rs1535500,rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874, rs3786897,rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464, rs7041847,rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094, rs7903146,rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164, rs4668142,rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729, rs3811951,rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021, rs2230806,rs11212617, and s622342.

TABLE 10 Genotyping results of SNP sites SNPs Genotyping resultsrs10229583 G rs10494366 GT rs10811661 CT rs10886471 C rs1111875 Ars11212617 C rs11977021 C rs12742393 CA rs12779790 A rs13266634 Trs1535500 GT rs156019 TA rs16856187 CA rs16861329 CT rs17756941 Ars1801282 C rs2230806 GA rs2237892 TC rs2268388 C rs2380261 T rs245955CT rs245962 AG rs266729 C rs340874 A rs3786897 AG rs3811951 A rs3856806C rs39059 GA rs4430796 A rs4668142 GT rs5219 CT rs6017317 G rs622342 Ars6234 C rs6467136 G rs6815464 CG rs7041847 GA rs7172432 A rs7612463 CArs7651090 A rs7756992 G rs780094 G rs7903146 CT rs8050136 C rs831571 CTrs9470794 TC rs9565164 T

Various embodiments in the device of the present disclosure aredescribed in a progressive manner. Differences between variousembodiments are emphasized in their specifications, while their commonstructures can be referred from the description.

Embodiment 1

A primer set for detecting an SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism)selected from the group consisting of rs10229583, rs10811661,rs10886471, rs1111875, rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634, rs1535500,rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874, rs3786897,rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464, rs7041847,rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094, rs7903146,rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164, rs4668142,rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729, rs3811951,rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021, rs2230806,rs11212617, and rs622342, wherein the primers in the set are selectedfrom the group consisting of Primer 1 to Primer 47.

wherein Primer 1 comprises at least one amplification primer fordetecting rs10229583, Primer 2 comprises at least one amplificationprimer for detecting rs10811661; Primer 3 comprises at least oneamplification primer for detecting rs10886471; Primer 4 comprises atleast one amplification primer for detecting rs1111875; Primer 5comprises at least one amplification primer for detecting rs12742393,Primer 6 comprises at least one amplification primer for detectingrs12779790; Primer 7 comprises at least one amplification primer fordetecting rs13266634; Primer 8 comprises at least one amplificationprimer for detecting rs1535500; Primer 9 comprises at least oneamplification primer for detecting rs16856187; Primer 10 comprises atleast one amplification primer for detecting rs16861329; Primer 11comprises at least one amplification primer for detecting rs1801282;Primer 12 comprises at least one amplification primer for detectingrs2237892; Primer 13 comprises at least one amplification primer fordetecting rs340874; Primer 14 comprises at least one amplificationprimer for detecting rs3786897; Primer 15 comprises at least oneamplification primer for detecting rs4430796; Primer 16 comprises atleast one amplification primer for detecting rs5219; Primer 17 comprisesat least one amplification primer for detecting rs6017317; Primer 18comprises at least one amplification primer for detecting rs6467136;Primer 19 comprises at least one amplification primer for detectingrs6815464; Primer 20 comprises at least one amplification primer fordetecting rs7041847; Primer 21 comprises at least one amplificationprimer for detecting rs7172432; Primer 22 comprises at least oneamplification primer for detecting rs7612463; Primer 23 comprises atleast one amplification primer for detecting rs7651090; Primer 24comprises at least one amplification primer for detecting rs7756992;Primer 25 comprises at least one amplification primer for detectingrs780094; Primer 26 comprises at least one amplification primer fordetecting rs7903146; Primer 27 comprises at least one amplificationprimer for detecting rs8050136; Primer 28 comprises at least oneamplification primer for detecting rs831571; Primer 29 comprises atleast one amplification primer for detecting rs9470794; Primer 30comprises at least one amplification primer for detecting rs2268388;Primer 31 comprises at least one amplification primer for detectingrs9565164; Primer 32 comprises at least one amplification primer fordetecting rs4668142; Primer 33 comprises at least one amplificationprimer for detecting rs2380261; Primer 34 comprises at least oneamplification primer for detecting rs39059; Primer 35 comprises at leastone amplification primer for detecting rs17756941; Primer 36 comprisesat least one amplification primer for detecting rs245955; Primer 37comprises at least one amplification primer for detecting rs245962;Primer 38 comprises at least one amplification primer for detectingrs266729; Primer 39 comprises at least one amplification primer fordetecting rs3811951; Primer 40 comprises at least one amplificationprimer for detecting rs156019; Primer 41 comprises at least oneamplification primer for detecting rs6234; Primer 42 comprises at leastone amplification primer for detecting rs3856806; Primer 43 comprises atleast one amplification primer for detecting rs10494366; Primer 44comprises at least one amplification primer for detecting rs11977021;Primer 45 comprises at least one amplification primer for detectingrs2230806; Primer 46 comprises at least one amplification primer fordetecting rs11212617; and/or Primer 47 comprises at least oneamplification primer for detecting rs622342,

optionally wherein the at least one amplification primer for detectingrs10229583 comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 1 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2;the at least one amplification primer for detecting rs10811661 comprisesthe single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3 and/or thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 4; the at least oneamplification primer for detecting rs10886471 comprises the single-chainDNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 5 and/or the single-chain DNAsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 6; the at least one amplificationprimer for detecting rs1111875 comprises the single-chain DNA sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 7 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO: 8; the at least one amplification primer for detectingrs12742393 comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 9 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 10;the at least one amplification primer for detecting rs12779790 comprisesthe single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 11 and/or thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12; the at least oneamplification primer for detecting rs13266634 comprises the single-chainDNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 13 and/or the single-chain DNAsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14; the at least one amplificationprimer for detecting rs1535500 comprises the single-chain DNA sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 15 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 16; the at least one amplification primer fordetecting rs16856187 comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO: 17 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQID NO: 18; the at least one amplification primer for detectingrs16861329 comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 19 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 20;the at least one amplification primer for detecting rs1801282 comprisesthe single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 21 and/or thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 22; the at least oneamplification primer for detecting rs2237892 comprises the single-chainDNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 23 and/or the single-chain DNAsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 24; the at least one amplificationprimer for detecting rs340874 comprises the single-chain DNA sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 25 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 26; the at least one amplification primer fordetecting rs3786897 comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 27 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 28; the at least one amplification primer for detecting rs4430796comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 29and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 30; the atleast one amplification primer for detecting rs5219 comprises thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 31 and/or thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 32; the at least oneamplification primer for detecting rs6017317 comprises the single-chainDNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 33 and/or the single-chain DNAsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 34; the at least one amplificationprimer for detecting rs6467136 comprises the single-chain DNA sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 35 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 36; the at least one amplification primer fordetecting rs6815464 comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 37 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 38; the at least one amplification primer for detecting rs7041847comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 39and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 40; the atleast one amplification primer for detecting rs7172432 comprises thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 41 and/or thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 42; the at least oneamplification primer for detecting rs7612463 comprises the single-chainDNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 43 and/or the single-chain DNAsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 44; the at least one amplificationprimer for detecting rs7651090 comprises the single-chain DNA sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 45 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 46; the at least one amplification primer fordetecting rs7756992 comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 47 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 48; the at least one amplification primer for detecting rs780094comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 49and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 50; the atleast one amplification primer for detecting rs7903146 comprises thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 51 and/or thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 52; the at least oneamplification primer for detecting rs8050136 comprises the single-chainDNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 53 and/or the single-chain DNAsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 54; the at least one amplificationprimer for detecting rs831571 comprises the single-chain DNA sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 55 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 56; the at least one amplification primer fordetecting rs9470794 comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 57 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 58; the at least one amplification primer for detecting rs2268388comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 59and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 60; the atleast one amplification primer for detecting rs9565164 comprises thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 61 and/or thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 62; the at least oneamplification primer for detecting rs4668142 comprises the single-chainDNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 63 and/or the single-chain DNAsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 64; the at least one amplificationprimer for detecting rs2380261 comprises the single-chain DNA sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 65 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 66; the at least one amplification primer fordetecting rs39059 comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 67 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 68; the at least one amplification primer for detecting rs17756941comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 69and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 70; the atleast one amplification primer for detecting rs245955 comprises thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 71 and/or thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 72; the at least oneamplification primer for detecting rs245962 comprises the single-chainDNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 73 and/or the single-chain DNAsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 74; the at least one amplificationprimer for detecting rs266729 comprises the single-chain DNA sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 75 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 76; the at least one amplification primer fordetecting rs3811951 comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 77 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 78; the at least one amplification primer for detecting rs156019comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 79and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 80; the atleast one amplification primer for detecting rs6234 comprises thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 81 and/or thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 82; the at least oneamplification primer for detecting rs3856806 comprises the single-chainDNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 83 and/or the single-chain DNAsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 84; the at least one amplificationprimer for detecting rs10494366 comprises the single-chain DNA sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 85 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 86; the at least one amplification primer fordetecting rs11977021 comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO: 87 and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQID NO: 88; the at least one amplification primer for detecting rs2230806comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 89and/or the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 90; the atleast one amplification primer for detecting rs11212617 comprises thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 91 and/or thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 92; and/or the atleast one amplification primer for detecting rs622342 comprises thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 93 and/or thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 94.

Embodiment 2

The primer set of Embodiment 1, wherein Primer 1 further comprises aprimer for detecting rs10229583 by single base extension; Primer 2further comprises a primer for detecting rs10811661 by single baseextension; Primer 3 further comprises a primer for detecting rs10886471by single base extension; Primer 4 further comprises a primer fordetecting rs1111875 by single base extension; Primer 5 further comprisesa primer for detecting rs12742393 by single base extension; Primer 6further comprises a primer for detecting rs12779790 by single baseextension; Primer 7 further comprises a primer for detecting rs13266634by single base extension; Primer 8 further comprises a primer fordetecting rs1535500 by single base extension; Primer 9 further comprisesa primer for detecting rs16856187 by single base extension; Primer 10further comprises a primer for detecting rs16861329 by single baseextension; Primer 11 further comprises a primer for detecting rs1801282by single base extension; Primer 12 further comprises a primer fordetecting rs2237892 by single base extension; Primer 13 furthercomprises a primer for detecting rs340874 by single base extension;Primer 14 further comprises a primer for detecting rs3786897 by singlebase extension; Primer 15 further comprises a primer for detectingrs4430796 by single base extension; Primer 16 further comprises a primerfor detecting rs5219 by single base extension; Primer 17 furthercomprises a primer for detecting rs6017317 by single base extension;Primer 18 further comprises a primer for detecting rs6467136 by singlebase extension; Primer 19 further comprises a primer for detectingrs6815464 by single base extension; Primer 20 further comprises a primerfor detecting rs7041847 by single base extension; Primer 21 furthercomprises a primer for detecting rs7172432 by single base extension;Primer 22 further comprises a primer for detecting rs7612463 by singlebase extension; Primer 23 further comprises a primer for detectingrs7651090 by single base extension; Primer 24 further comprises a primerfor detecting rs7756992 by single base extension; Primer 25 furthercomprises a primer for detecting rs780094 by single base extension;Primer 26 further comprises a primer for detecting rs7903146 by singlebase extension; Primer 27 further comprises a primer for detectingrs8050136 by single base extension; Primer 28 further comprises a primerfor detecting rs831571 by single base extension; Primer 29 furthercomprises a primer for detecting rs9470794 by single base extension;Primer 30 further comprises a primer for detecting rs2268388 by singlebase extension; Primer 31 further comprises a primer for detectingrs9565164 by single base extension; Primer 32 further comprises a primerfor detecting rs4668142 by single base extension; Primer 33 furthercomprises a primer for detecting rs2380261 by single base extension;Primer 34 further comprises a primer for detecting rs39059 by singlebase extension; Primer 35 further comprises a primer for detectingrs17756941 by single base extension; Primer 36 further comprises aprimer for detecting rs245955 by single base extension; Primer 37further comprises a primer for detecting rs245962 by single baseextension; Primer 38 further comprises a primer for detecting rs266729by single base extension; Primer 39 further comprises a primer fordetecting rs3811951 by single base extension; Primer 40 furthercomprises a primer for detecting rs156019 by single base extension;Primer 41 further comprises a primer for detecting rs6234 by single baseextension; Primer 42 further comprises a primer for detecting rs3856806by single base extension; Primer 43 further comprises a primer fordetecting rs10494366 by single base extension; Primer 44 furthercomprises a primer for detecting rs11977021 by single base extension;Primer 45 further comprises a primer for detecting rs2230806 by singlebase extension; Primer 46 further comprises a primer for detectingrs11212617 by single base extension; and/or Primer 47 further comprisesa primer for detecting rs622342 by single base extension,

optionally wherein the primer for detecting rs10229583 by single baseextension comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 95; the primer for detecting rs10811661 by single base extensioncomprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 96; theprimer for detecting rs10886471 by single base extension comprises thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 97; the primer fordetecting rs1111875 by single base extension comprises the single-chainDNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 98; the primer for detectingrs12742393 by single base extension comprises the single-chain DNAsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 99; the primer for detecting rs12779790by single base extension comprises the single-chain DNA sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 100; the primer for detecting rs13266634 by singlebase extension comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQID NO: 101; the primer for detecting rs1535500 by single base extensioncomprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 102; theprimer for detecting rs16856187 by single base extension comprises thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 103; the primer fordetecting rs16861329 by single base extension comprises the single-chainDNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 104; the primer for detectingrs1801282 by single base extension comprises the single-chain DNAsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 105; the primer for detecting rs2237892by single base extension comprises the single-chain DNA sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 106; the primer for detecting rs340874 by singlebase extension comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQID NO: 107; the primer for detecting rs3786897 by single base extensioncomprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 108; theprimer for detecting rs4430796 by single base extension comprises thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 109; the primer fordetecting rs5219 by single base extension comprises the single-chain DNAsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 110; the primer for detecting rs6017317by single base extension comprises the single-chain DNA sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 111; the primer for detecting rs6467136 by singlebase extension comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQID NO: 112; the primer for detecting rs6815464 by single base extensioncomprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 113; theprimer for detecting rs7041847 by single base extension comprises thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 114; the primer fordetecting rs7172432 by single base extension comprises the single-chainDNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 115; the primer for detectingrs7612463 by single base extension comprises the single-chain DNAsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 116; the primer for detecting rs7651090by single base extension comprises the single-chain DNA sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 117; the primer for detecting rs7756992 by singlebase extension comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQID NO: 118; the primer for detecting rs780094 by single base extensioncomprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 119; theprimer for detecting rs7903146 by single base extension comprises thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 120; the primer fordetecting rs8050136 by single base extension comprises the single-chainDNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 121; the primer for detectingrs831571 by single base extension comprises the single-chain DNAsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 122; the primer for detecting rs9470794by single base extension comprises the single-chain DNA sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 123; the primer for detecting rs2268388 by singlebase extension comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQID NO: 124; the primer for detecting rs9565164 by single base extensioncomprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 125; theprimer for detecting rs4668142 by single base extension comprises thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 126; the primer fordetecting rs2380261 by single base extension comprises the single-chainDNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 127; the primer for detectingrs39059 by single base extension comprises the single-chain DNA sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 128; the primer for detecting rs17756941 bysingle base extension comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO: 129; the primer for detecting rs245955 by single baseextension comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 130; the primer for detecting rs245962 by single base extensioncomprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 131; theprimer for detecting rs266729 by single base extension comprises thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 132; the primer fordetecting rs3811951 by single base extension comprises the single-chainDNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 133; the primer for detectingrs156019 by single base extension comprises the single-chain DNAsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 134, the primer for detecting rs6234 bysingle base extension comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forthin SEQ ID NO: 135; the primer for detecting rs3856806 by single baseextension comprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 136; the primer for detecting rs10494366 by single base extensioncomprises the single-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 137; theprimer for detecting rs11977021 by single base extension comprises thesingle-chain DNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 138; the primer fordetecting rs2230806 by single base extension comprises the single-chainDNA sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 139; the primer for detectingrs11212617 by single base extension comprises the single-chain DNAsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 140; and/or the primer for detectingrs622342 by single base extension comprises the single-chain DNAsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 141.

Embodiment 3

A kit for detecting an SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism) selectedfrom the group consisting of rs10229583, rs10811661, rs10886471,rs1111875, rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634, rs1535500, rs16856187,rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874, rs3786897, rs4430796,rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464, rs7041847, rs7172432,rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094, rs7903146, rs8050136,rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164, rs4668142, rs2380261,rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729, rs3811951, rs156019,rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021, rs2230806, rs11212617, andrs622342, wherein the kit comprises the primer set of Embodiment 1 orEmbodiment 2.

Embodiment 4

Use of the primer set of Embodiment 1 or Embodiment 2 or the kit ofEmbodiment 3 for detecting an SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism)selected from the group consisting of rs10229583, rs10811661,rs10886471, rs1111875, rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634, rs1535500,rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874, rs3786897,rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464, rs7041847,rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094, rs7903146,rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164, rs4668142,rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729, rs3811951,rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021, rs2230806,rs111212617, and rs622342.

Embodiment 5

Use of the primer set of Embodiment 1 or Embodiment 2 or the kit ofEmbodiment 3 in the manufacture of a product for detecting an SNP(Single Nucleotide Polymorphism) selected from the group consisting ofrs10229583, rs10811661, rs10886471, rs1111875, rs12742393, rs12779790,rs13266634, rs1535500, rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892,rs340874, rs3786897, rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464,rs7041847, rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094,rs7903146, rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164,rs4668142, rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729,rs3811951, rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021,rs2230806, rs11212617, and rs622342.

Additional non-limiting embodiments are provided below:

Embodiment 1

An isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence having atleast about 85%, at least about 90%, at least about 95%, at least about99%, or 100% sequence homology or identity with any of SEQ ID NOs:1-141.

Embodiment 2

A set of isolated polynucleotides comprising nucleic acid sequenceshaving at least about 85%, at least about 90%, at least about 95%, atleast about 99%, or 100% sequence homology or identity with one or moreof SEQ ID NOs: 1-141.

Embodiment 3

The set of isolated polynucleotides of embodiment 2, which comprises twoor more of the nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 1-94.

Embodiment 4

The set of isolated polynucleotides of embodiment 2, which comprises oneor more of the nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 95-141.

Embodiment 5

The isolated polynucleotide of embodiment 1 or set of isolatedpolynucleotides of any of embodiments 2-4, which is for detecting one ormore of the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) selected from thegroup consisting of rs10229583, rs10811661, rs10886471, rs1111875,rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634, rs1535500, rs16856187, rs16861329,rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874, rs3786897, rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317,rs6467136, rs6815464, rs7041847, rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090,rs7756992, rs780094, rs7903146, rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794,rs2268388, rs9565164, rs4668142, rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941,rs245955, rs245962, rs266729, rs3811951, rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806,rs10494366, rs11977021, rs2230806, rs11212617, and rs622342; and/orcomplementary sequences thereof; and/or sequences in linkagedisequilibrium therewith.

Embodiment 6

The set of isolated polynucleotides of embodiment 5, which comprises atleast two amplification primers and at least one primer for single baseextension for detecting the one or more SNPs.

Embodiment 7

The set of isolated polynucleotides of embodiment 6, wherein:

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 1 and 2, respectively, and/or the primer for single baseextension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:95; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 3 and 4, respectively, and/or the primer for single baseextension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:96; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 5 and 6, respectively, and/or the primer for single baseextension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:97; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 8, respectively, and/or the primer for single baseextension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:98; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 9 and 10, respectively, and/or the primer for single baseextension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:99; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 11 and 12, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 100; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 13 and 14, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 101; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 15 and 16, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 102; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 17 and 18, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 103; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 19 and 20, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 104; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 21 and 22, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 105; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 23 and 24, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 106; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 25 and 26, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 107; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 27 and 28, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 108; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 29 and 30, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 109; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 31 and 32, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 110; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 33 and 34, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 111; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 35 and 36, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 112; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 37 and 38, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 113; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 39 and 40, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 114; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 41 and 42, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 115; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 43 and 44, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 116; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 45 and 46, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 117; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 47 and 48, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 118; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 49 and 50, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 119; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 51 and 52, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 120; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 53 and 54, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 121; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 55 and 56, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 122; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 57 and 58, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 123; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 59 and 60, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 124; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 61 and 62, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 125; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 63 and 64, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 126; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 65 and 66, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 127; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 67 and 68, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 128; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 69 and 70, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 129; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 71 and 72, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 130; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 73 and 74, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 131; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 75 and 76, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 132; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 77 and 78, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 133; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 79 and 80, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 134; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 81 and 82, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 135; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 83 and 84, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 136; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 85 and 86, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 137; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 87 and 88, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 138; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 89 and 90, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 139; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 91 and 92, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 140; and/or

the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forthin SEQ ID NOs: 93 and 94, respectively, and/or the primer for singlebase extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 141.

Embodiment 8

The isolated polynucleotide or the set of isolated polynucleotides ofany of the preceding embodiments, which is for detection of one or moreSNPs associated with diabetes mellitus and/or a disease or conditionrelated to diabetes mellitus.

Embodiment 9

The isolated polynucleotide or the set of isolated polynucleotides ofembodiment 8, which is for detection of one or more SNPs associated withtype 2 diabetes mellitus, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinitis,diabetic cardiomyopathy (e.g., elderly diabetic cardiomyopathy), and/ordrug resistance to an anti-diabetes medication.

Embodiment 10

The isolated polynucleotide or the set of isolated polynucleotides ofembodiment 9, wherein the SNPs associated with type 2 diabetes mellituscomprise any one or more of rs7756992, rs10811661, rs8050136, rs7041847,rs1111875, rs4430796, rs7651090, rs2237892, rs13266634, rs1801282,rs6017317, rs16856187, rs6467136, rs5219, rs1535500, rs6815464,rs12742393, rs10229583, rs3786897, rs831571, rs7903146, rs9470794,rs780094, rs10886471, rs12779790, rs340874, rs7612463, rs7172432, andrs16861329.

Embodiment 11

The isolated polynucleotide or the set of isolated polynucleotides ofembodiment 9 or 10, wherein the SNPs associated with diabeticnephropathy comprise any one or more of rs2268388 and rs1801282.

Embodiment 12

The isolated polynucleotide or the set of isolated polynucleotides ofany of embodiments 9-11, wherein the SNPs associated with diabeticretinitis comprise any one or more of rs9565164, rs4668142, rs2380261,rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, and rs245962.

Embodiment 13

The isolated polynucleotide or the set of isolated polynucleotides ofany of embodiments 9-12, wherein the SNPs associated with diabeticcardiomyopathy comprise any one or more of rs266729, rs3811951,rs156019, rs6234, rs1801282, and rs3856806.

Embodiment 14

The isolated polynucleotide or the set of isolated polynucleotides ofany of embodiments 9-13, wherein the SNPs associated with the drugresistance comprise any one or more of rs13266634, rs10494366,rs2237892, rs11977021, rs7651090, rs5219, rs7903146, rs1801282,rs6467136, rs2230806, rs11212617, and rs622342.

Embodiment 15

The isolated polynucleotide or the set of isolated polynucleotides ofany of embodiments 9-14, wherein the anti-diabetes medication comprisesany one or more of Repaglinide, Rosiglitazone, Metformin, Gliclazide,and Pioglitazone.

Embodiment 16

The isolated polynucleotide or the set of isolated polynucleotides ofembodiment 15, wherein the SNPs associated with Repaglinide resistancecomprise any one or more of rs13266634, rs10494366, rs2237892,rs11977021, rs7651090, rs5219, and rs7903146.

Embodiment 17

The isolated polynucleotide or the set of isolated polynucleotides ofembodiment 15 or 16, wherein the SNPs associated with Rosiglitazoneresistance comprise any one or more of rs13266634, rs2237892, rs1801282,rs6467136, and rs2230806.

Embodiment 18

The isolated polynucleotide or the set of isolated polynucleotides ofany of embodiments 15-17, wherein the SNPs associated with Metforminresistance comprise any one or more of rs11212617 and rs622342.

Embodiment 19

The isolated polynucleotide or the set of isolated polynucleotides ofany of embodiments 15-18, wherein the SNPs associated with Gliclazideresistance comprise rs5219.

Embodiment 20

The isolated polynucleotide or the set of isolated polynucleotides ofany of embodiments 15-19, wherein the SNPs associated with Pioglitazoneresistance comprise rs1801282.

Embodiment 21

The isolated polynucleotide or the set of isolated polynucleotides ofany of embodiments 8-20, wherein the diabetes mellitus and/or disease orcondition related to diabetes mellitus are in an East Asian population.

Embodiment 22

A kit comprising the isolated polynucleotide or the set of isolatedpolynucleotides of any of the preceding embodiments.

Embodiment 23

The kit of embodiment 22, further comprising instructions for using theisolated polynucleotide or the set of isolated polynucleotides toconduct a companion diagnostic test.

Embodiment 24

The kit of embodiment 23, wherein the companion diagnostic test is formonitoring treatment of diabetes mellitus and/or a disease or conditionrelated to diabetes mellitus.

Embodiment 25

Use of the isolated polynucleotide, the set of isolated polynucleotides,or the kit of any of the preceding embodiments, for detecting one ormore of the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) selected from thegroup consisting of rs10229583, rs10811661, rs10886471, rs1111875,rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634, rs1535500, rs16856187, rs16861329,rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874, rs3786897, rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317,rs6467136, rs6815464, rs7041847, rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090,rs7756992, rs780094, rs7903146, rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794,rs2268388, rs9565164, rs4668142, rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941,rs245955, rs245962, rs266729, rs3811951, rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806,rs10494366, rs11977021, rs2230806, rs11212617, and rs622342, and/orcomplementary sequences thereof, and/or sequences in linkagedisequilibrium therewith.

Embodiment 26

Use of the isolated polynucleotide, the set of isolated polynucleotides,or the kit of any of the preceding embodiments, for the manufacture of aproduct for detecting one or more of the single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs) selected from the group consisting of rs10229583, rs10811661,rs10886471, rs111875, rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634, rs1535500,rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874, rs3786897,rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464, rs7041847,rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094, rs7903146,rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164, rs4668142,rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729, rs3811951,rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021, rs2230806,rs11212617, and rs622342, and/or complementary sequences thereof, and/orsequences in linkage disequilibrium therewith.

Embodiment 27

A method for risk assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and/or treatmentmonitoring of diabetes mellitus and/or a disease or condition related todiabetes mellitus in a subject, the method comprising:

detecting one or more single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in abiological sample from the subject, wherein the SNPs are selected fromthe group consisting of rs10229583, rs10811661, rs10886471, rs1111875,rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634, rs1535500, rs16856187, rs16861329,rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874, rs3786897, rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317,rs6467136, rs6815464, rs7041847, rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090,rs7756992, rs780094, rs7903146, rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794,rs2268388, rs9565164, rs4668142, rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941,rs245955, rs245962, rs266729, rs3811951, rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806,rs10494366, rs11977021, rs2230806, rs11212617, and rs622342, and/orcomplementary sequences thereof, and/or sequences in linkagedisequilibrium therewith.

Embodiment 28

The method of embodiment 27, wherein the one or more SNPs are detectedusing a primer for the SNP or SNPs.

Embodiment 29

The method of embodiment 28, wherein the primer comprises the nucleicacid sequence set forth in any of SEQ ID NOs: 1-141.

Embodiment 30

The method of embodiment 28 or 29, wherein a plurality of primers areused to detect the SNP or SNPs, and the plurality of primers comprise atleast three of the nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs:1-141.

Embodiment 31

The method of any one of embodiments 28-30, wherein the primer comprisestwo or more of the nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 1-94.

Embodiment 32

The method of any one of embodiments 28-30, wherein the primer comprisesone or more of the nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs:95-141.

Embodiment 33

The method of any one of embodiments 27-32, wherein the SNP or SNPs aredetected using at least two amplification primers.

Embodiment 34

The method of any one of embodiments 27-33, wherein the SNP or SNPs aredetected using at least one primer for single base extension.

Embodiment 35

The method of any one of embodiments 27-34, wherein the SNP or SNPs aredetected using:

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 1 and 2, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:95; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 3 and 4, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:96; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 5 and 6, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:97; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 7 and 8, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:98; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 9 and 10, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:99; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 11 and 12, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:100; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 13 and 14, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:101; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 15 and 16, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:102; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 17 and 18, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:103; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 19 and 20, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:104; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 21 and 22, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:105; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 23 and 24, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:106; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 25 and 26, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:107; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 27 and 28, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:108; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 29 and 30, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:109; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 31 and 32, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:110; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 33 and 34, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:111; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 35 and 36, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:112; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 37 and 38, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:113; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 39 and 40, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:114; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 41 and 42, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:115; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 43 and 44, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:116; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 45 and 46, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:117; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 47 and 48, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:118; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 49 and 50, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:119; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 51 and 52, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:120; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 53 and 54, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:121; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 55 and 56, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:122; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 57 and 58, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:123; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 59 and 60, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:124; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 61 and 62, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:125; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 63 and 64, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:126; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 65 and 66, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:127; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 67 and 68, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:128; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 69 and 70, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:129; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 71 and 72, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:130; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 73 and 74, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:131; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 75 and 76, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:132; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 77 and 78, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:133; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 79 and 80, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:134; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 81 and 82, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:135; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 83 and 84, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:136; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 85 and 86, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:137; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 87 and 88, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:138; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 89 and 90, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:139; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 91 and 92, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:140; and/or

two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 93 and 94, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:141.

Embodiment 36

The method of any one of embodiments 27-35, wherein the one or more SNPsare associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus, diabetic nephropathy,diabetic retinitis, diabetic cardiomyopathy (e.g., elderly diabeticcardiomyopathy), and/or drug resistance to an anti-diabetes medication.

Embodiment 37

The method of any one of embodiments 27-36, wherein the diabetesmellitus and/or disease or condition related to diabetes mellituscomprises type 2 diabetes mellitus, diabetic nephropathy, diabeticretinitis, diabetic cardiomyopathy (e.g., elderly diabeticcardiomyopathy), and/or drug resistance to an anti-diabetes medication.

Embodiment 38

The method of embodiment 36 or 37, wherein the SNPs associated with type2 diabetes mellitus comprise any one or more of rs7756992, rs10811661,rs8050136, rs7041847, rs1111875, rs4430796, rs7651090, rs2237892,rs13266634, rs1801282, rs6017317, rs16856187, rs6467136, rs5219,rs1535500, rs6815464, rs12742393, rs10229583, rs3786897, rs831571,rs7903146, rs9470794, rs780094, rs10886471, rs12779790, rs340874,rs7612463, rs7172432, and rs16861329.

Embodiment 39

The method of embodiment 36 or 37, wherein the SNPs associated withdiabetic nephropathy comprise any one or more of rs2268388 andrs1801282.

Embodiment 40

The method of embodiment 36 or 37, wherein the SNPs associated withdiabetic retinitis comprise any one or more of rs9565164, rs4668142,rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, and rs245962.

Embodiment 41

The method of embodiment 36 or 37, wherein the SNPs associated withdiabetic cardiomyopathy comprise any one or more of rs266729, rs3811951,rs156019, rs6234, rs1801282, and rs3856806.

Embodiment 42

The method of embodiment 36 or 37, wherein the SNPs associated with thedrug resistance comprise any one or more of rs13266634, rs10494366,rs2237892, rs11977021, rs7651090, rs5219, rs7903146, rs1801282,rs6467136, rs2230806, rs11212617, and rs622342.

Embodiment 43

The method of embodiment 42, wherein the anti-diabetes medicationcomprises any one or more of Repaglinide, Rosiglitazone, Metformin,Gliclazide, and Pioglitazone.

Embodiment 44

The method of embodiment 43, wherein the SNPs associated withRepaglinide resistance comprise any one or more of rs13266634,rs10494366, rs2237892, rs11977021, rs7651090, rs5219, and rs7903146.

Embodiment 45

The method of embodiment 43 or 44, wherein the SNPs associated withRosiglitazone resistance comprise any one or more of rs13266634,rs2237892, rs1801282, rs6467136, and rs2230806.

Embodiment 46

The method of any one of embodiments 43-45, wherein the SNPs associatedwith Metformin resistance comprise any one or more of rs11212617 andrs622342.

Embodiment 47

The method of any one of embodiments 43-46, wherein the SNPs associatedwith Gliclazide resistance comprise rs5219.

Embodiment 48

The method of any one of embodiments 43-47, wherein the SNPs associatedwith Pioglitazone resistance comprise rs1801282.

Embodiment 49

The method of any one of embodiments 27-48, wherein the diabetesmellitus and/or disease or condition related to diabetes mellitus are inan East Asian population.

Embodiment 50

The method of any one of embodiments 27-49, which further comprisestreating diabetes mellitus and/or a disease or condition related todiabetes mellitus in the subject.

Embodiment 51

The method of embodiment 50, wherein the treatment of diabetes mellitusand/or a disease or condition related to diabetes mellitus in thesubject is adjusted based on the SNP(s) detection result in thebiological sample from the subject.

1. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence havingat least about 85%, at least about 90%, at least about 95%, at leastabout 99%, or 100% sequence homology or identity with any of SEQ ID NOs:1-141.
 2. A set of isolated polynucleotides comprising nucleic acidsequences having at least about 85%, at least about 90%, at least about95%, at least about 99%, or 100% sequence homology or identity with oneor more of SEQ ID NOs: 1-141.
 3. The set of isolated polynucleotides ofclaim 2, which comprises two or more of the nucleic acid sequences setforth in SEQ ID NOs: 1-94.
 4. The set of isolated polynucleotides ofclaim 2, which comprises one or more of the nucleic acid sequences setforth in SEQ ID NOs: 95-141.
 5. The isolated polynucleotide of claim 1or set of isolated polynucleotides of any of claims 2-4, which is fordetecting one or more of the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)selected from the group consisting of rs10229583, rs10811661,rs10886471, rs1111875, rs12742393, rs12779790, rs13266634, rs1535500,rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892, rs340874, rs3786897,rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464, rs7041847,rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094, rs7903146,rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164, rs4668142,rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729, rs3811951,rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021, rs2230806,rs11212617, and rs622342; and/or complementary sequences thereof; and/orsequences in linkage disequilibrium therewith.
 6. The set of isolatedpolynucleotides of claim 5, which comprises at least two amplificationprimers and at least one primer for single base extension for detectingthe one or more SNPs.
 7. The set of isolated polynucleotides of claim 6,wherein: the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequencesset forth in SEQ ID NOs: 1 and 2, respectively, and/or the primer forsingle base extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 95; and/or the two amplification primers comprise nucleicacid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 3 and 4, respectively, and/orthe primer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acid sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 96; and/or the two amplification primerscomprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 5 and 6,respectively, and/or the primer for single base extension comprises thenucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 97; and/or the twoamplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 7 and 8, respectively, and/or the primer for single baseextension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:98; and/or the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequencesset forth in SEQ ID NOs: 9 and 10, respectively, and/or the primer forsingle base extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 99; and/or the two amplification primers comprise nucleicacid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 11 and 12, respectively, and/orthe primer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acid sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 100; and/or the two amplification primerscomprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 13 and 14,respectively, and/or the primer for single base extension comprises thenucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 101; and/or the twoamplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 15 and 16, respectively, and/or the primer for single baseextension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:102; and/or the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 17 and 18, respectively, and/or theprimer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 103; and/or the two amplification primers comprisenucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 19 and 20, respectively,and/or the primer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 104; and/or the two amplificationprimers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 21 and22, respectively, and/or the primer for single base extension comprisesthe nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 105; and/or the twoamplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 23 and 24, respectively, and/or the primer for single baseextension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:106; and/or the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 25 and 26, respectively, and/or theprimer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 107; and/or the two amplification primers comprisenucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 27 and 28, respectively,and/or the primer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 108; and/or the two amplificationprimers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 29 and30, respectively, and/or the primer for single base extension comprisesthe nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 109; and/or the twoamplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 31 and 32, respectively, and/or the primer for single baseextension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:110; and/or the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 33 and 34, respectively, and/or theprimer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 111; and/or the two amplification primers comprisenucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 35 and 36, respectively,and/or the primer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 112; and/or the two amplificationprimers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 37 and38, respectively, and/or the primer for single base extension comprisesthe nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 113; and/or the twoamplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 39 and 40, respectively, and/or the primer for single baseextension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:114; and/or the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 41 and 42, respectively, and/or theprimer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 115; and/or the two amplification primers comprisenucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 43 and 44, respectively,and/or the primer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 116; and/or the two amplificationprimers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 45 and46, respectively, and/or the primer for single base extension comprisesthe nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 117; and/or the twoamplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 47 and 48, respectively, and/or the primer for single baseextension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:118; and/or the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 49 and 50, respectively, and/or theprimer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 119; and/or the two amplification primers comprisenucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 51 and 52, respectively,and/or the primer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 120; and/or the two amplificationprimers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 53 and54, respectively, and/or the primer for single base extension comprisesthe nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 121; and/or the twoamplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 55 and 56, respectively, and/or the primer for single baseextension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:122; and/or the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 57 and 58, respectively, and/or theprimer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 123; and/or the two amplification primers comprisenucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 59 and 60, respectively,and/or the primer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 124; and/or the two amplificationprimers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 61 and62, respectively, and/or the primer for single base extension comprisesthe nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 125; and/or the twoamplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 63 and 64, respectively, and/or the primer for single baseextension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:126; and/or the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 65 and 66, respectively, and/or theprimer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 127; and/or the two amplification primers comprisenucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 67 and 68, respectively,and/or the primer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 128; and/or the two amplificationprimers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 69 and70, respectively, and/or the primer for single base extension comprisesthe nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 129; and/or the twoamplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 71 and 72, respectively, and/or the primer for single baseextension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:130; and/or the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 73 and 74, respectively, and/or theprimer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 131; and/or the two amplification primers comprisenucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 75 and 76, respectively,and/or the primer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 132; and/or the two amplificationprimers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 77 and78, respectively, and/or the primer for single base extension comprisesthe nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 133; and/or the twoamplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 79 and 80, respectively, and/or the primer for single baseextension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:134; and/or the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 81 and 82, respectively, and/or theprimer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 135; and/or the two amplification primers comprisenucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 83 and 84, respectively,and/or the primer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 136; and/or the two amplificationprimers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 85 and86, respectively, and/or the primer for single base extension comprisesthe nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 137; and/or the twoamplification primers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 87 and 88, respectively, and/or the primer for single baseextension comprises the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:138; and/or the two amplification primers comprise nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 89 and 90, respectively, and/or theprimer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acid sequence setforth in SEQ ID NO: 139; and/or the two amplification primers comprisenucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 91 and 92, respectively,and/or the primer for single base extension comprises the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 140; and/or the two amplificationprimers comprise nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 93 and94, respectively, and/or the primer for single base extension comprisesthe nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
 141. 8. The set ofisolated polynucleotides of claim 2, which is for detection of one ormore SNPs associated with diabetes mellitus and/or a disease orcondition related to diabetes mellitus.
 9. The set of isolatedpolynucleotides of claim 8, which is for detection of one or more SNPsassociated with type 2 diabetes mellitus, diabetic nephropathy, diabeticretinitis, diabetic cardiomyopathy (e.g., elderly diabeticcardiomyopathy), and/or drug resistance to an anti-diabetes medication.10. The set of isolated polynucleotides of claim 9, wherein the SNPsassociated with type 2 diabetes mellitus comprise any one or more ofrs7756992, rs10811661, rs8050136, rs7041847, rs1111875, rs4430796,rs7651090, rs2237892, rs13266634, rs1801282, rs6017317, rs16856187,rs6467136, rs5219, rs1535500, rs6815464, rs12742393, rs10229583,rs3786897, rs831571, rs7903146, rs9470794, rs780094, rs10886471,rs12779790, rs340874, rs7612463, rs7172432, and rs16861329.
 11. The setof isolated polynucleotides of claim 9, wherein the SNPs associated withdiabetic nephropathy comprise any one or more of rs2268388 andrs1801282.
 12. The set of isolated polynucleotides of claim 9, whereinthe SNPs associated with diabetic retinitis comprise any one or more ofrs9565164, rs4668142, rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, andrs245962.
 13. The set of isolated polynucleotides of claim 9, whereinthe SNPs associated with diabetic cardiomyopathy comprise any one ormore of rs266729, rs3811951, rs156019, rs6234, rs1801282, and rs3856806.14. The set of isolated polynucleotides of claim 9, wherein the SNPsassociated with the drug resistance comprise any one or more ofrs13266634, rs10494366, rs2237892, rs11977021, rs7651090, rs5219,rs7903146, rs1801282, rs6467136, rs2230806, rs11212617, and rs622342.15. The set of isolated polynucleotides of claim 9, wherein theanti-diabetes medication comprises any one or more of Repaglinide,Rosiglitazone, Metformin, Gliclazide, and Pioglitazone.
 16. The set ofisolated polynucleotides of claim 15, wherein the SNPs associated withRepaglinide resistance comprise any one or more of rs13266634,rs10494366, rs2237892, rs11977021, rs7651090, rs5219, and rs7903146;wherein the SNPs associated with Rosiglitazone resistance comprise anyone or more of rs13266634, rs2237892, rs1801282, rs6467136, andrs2230806; wherein the SNPs associated with Metformin resistancecomprise any one or more of rs11212617 and rs622342; wherein the SNPsassociated with Gliclazide resistance comprise rs5219; and/or whereinthe SNPs associated with Pioglitazone resistance comprise rs1801282. 17.The set of isolated polynucleotides of claim 8, wherein the diabetesmellitus and/or disease or condition related to diabetes mellitus are inan East Asian population.
 18. A kit comprising the set of isolatedpolynucleotides of claim
 2. 19. The kit of claim 18, further comprisinginstructions for using the set of isolated polynucleotides to conduct acompanion diagnostic test.
 20. The kit of claim 19, wherein thecompanion diagnostic test is for monitoring treatment of diabetesmellitus and/or a disease or condition related to diabetes mellitus. 21.A method for risk assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and/or treatmentmonitoring of diabetes mellitus and/or a disease or condition related todiabetes mellitus in a subject, the method comprising: detecting one ormore single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a biological sample fromthe subject, wherein the SNPs are selected from the group consisting ofrs10229583, rs10811661, rs10886471, rs1111875, rs12742393, rs12779790,rs13266634, rs1535500, rs16856187, rs16861329, rs1801282, rs2237892,rs340874, rs3786897, rs4430796, rs5219, rs6017317, rs6467136, rs6815464,rs7041847, rs7172432, rs7612463, rs7651090, rs7756992, rs780094,rs7903146, rs8050136, rs831571, rs9470794, rs2268388, rs9565164,rs4668142, rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, rs245962, rs266729,rs3811951, rs156019, rs6234, rs3856806, rs10494366, rs11977021,rs2230806, rs11212617, and rs622342, and/or complementary sequencesthereof, and/or sequences in linkage disequilibrium therewith.
 22. Themethod of claim 21, wherein a plurality of primers are used to detectthe SNP or SNPs, and the plurality of primers comprise at least three ofthe nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 1-141.
 23. Themethod of claim 22, wherein the primer comprises two or more of thenucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 1-94.
 24. The method ofclaim 22, wherein the primer comprises one or more of the nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 95-141.
 25. The method of claim 21,wherein the SNP or SNPs are detected using: two amplification primerscomprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 1 and 2,respectively, and/or a primer for single base extension comprising thenucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 95; and/or twoamplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 3 and 4, respectively, and/or a primer for single base extensioncomprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 96; and/ortwo amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth inSEQ ID NOs: 5 and 6, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:97; and/or two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequencesset forth in SEQ ID NOs: 7 and 8, respectively, and/or a primer forsingle base extension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 98; and/or two amplification primers comprising nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 9 and 10, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension comprising the nucleic acid sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 99; and/or two amplification primers comprisingnucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 11 and 12, respectively,and/or a primer for single base extension comprising the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 100; and/or two amplification primerscomprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 13 and 14,respectively, and/or a primer for single base extension comprising thenucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 101; and/or twoamplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 15 and 16, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:102; and/or two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequencesset forth in SEQ ID NOs: 17 and 18, respectively, and/or a primer forsingle base extension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 103; and/or two amplification primers comprising nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 19 and 20, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension comprising the nucleic acid sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 104; and/or two amplification primers comprisingnucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 21 and 22, respectively,and/or a primer for single base extension comprising the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 105; and/or two amplification primerscomprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 23 and 24,respectively, and/or a primer for single base extension comprising thenucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 106; and/or twoamplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 25 and 26, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:107; and/or two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequencesset forth in SEQ ID NOs: 27 and 28, respectively, and/or a primer forsingle base extension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 108; and/or two amplification primers comprising nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 29 and 30, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension comprising the nucleic acid sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 109; and/or two amplification primers comprisingnucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 31 and 32, respectively,and/or a primer for single base extension comprising the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 110; and/or two amplification primerscomprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 33 and 34,respectively, and/or a primer for single base extension comprising thenucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 111; and/or twoamplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 35 and 36, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:112; and/or two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequencesset forth in SEQ ID NOs: 37 and 38, respectively, and/or a primer forsingle base extension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 113; and/or two amplification primers comprising nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 39 and 40, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension comprising the nucleic acid sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 114; and/or two amplification primers comprisingnucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 41 and 42, respectively,and/or a primer for single base extension comprising the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 115; and/or two amplification primerscomprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 43 and 44,respectively, and/or a primer for single base extension comprising thenucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 116; and/or twoamplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 45 and 46, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:117; and/or two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequencesset forth in SEQ ID NOs: 47 and 48, respectively, and/or a primer forsingle base extension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 118; and/or two amplification primers comprising nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 49 and 50, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension comprising the nucleic acid sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 119; and/or two amplification primers comprisingnucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 51 and 52, respectively,and/or a primer for single base extension comprising the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 120; and/or two amplification primerscomprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 53 and 54,respectively, and/or a primer for single base extension comprising thenucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 121; and/or twoamplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 55 and 56, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:122; and/or two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequencesset forth in SEQ ID NOs: 57 and 58, respectively, and/or a primer forsingle base extension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 123; and/or two amplification primers comprising nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 59 and 60, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension comprising the nucleic acid sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 124; and/or two amplification primers comprisingnucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 61 and 62, respectively,and/or a primer for single base extension comprising the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 125; and/or two amplification primerscomprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 63 and 64,respectively, and/or a primer for single base extension comprising thenucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 126; and/or twoamplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 65 and 66, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:127; and/or two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequencesset forth in SEQ ID NOs: 67 and 68, respectively, and/or a primer forsingle base extension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 128; and/or two amplification primers comprising nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 69 and 70, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension comprising the nucleic acid sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 129; and/or two amplification primers comprisingnucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 71 and 72, respectively,and/or a primer for single base extension comprising the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 130; and/or two amplification primerscomprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 73 and 74,respectively, and/or a primer for single base extension comprising thenucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 131; and/or twoamplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 75 and 76, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:132; and/or two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequencesset forth in SEQ ID NOs: 77 and 78, respectively, and/or a primer forsingle base extension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 133; and/or two amplification primers comprising nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 79 and 80, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension comprising the nucleic acid sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 134; and/or two amplification primers comprisingnucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 81 and 82, respectively,and/or a primer for single base extension comprising the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 135; and/or two amplification primerscomprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 83 and 84,respectively, and/or a primer for single base extension comprising thenucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 136; and/or twoamplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQID NOs: 85 and 86, respectively, and/or a primer for single baseextension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:137; and/or two amplification primers comprising nucleic acid sequencesset forth in SEQ ID NOs: 87 and 88, respectively, and/or a primer forsingle base extension comprising the nucleic acid sequence set forth inSEQ ID NO: 138; and/or two amplification primers comprising nucleic acidsequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 89 and 90, respectively, and/or aprimer for single base extension comprising the nucleic acid sequenceset forth in SEQ ID NO: 139; and/or two amplification primers comprisingnucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 91 and 92, respectively,and/or a primer for single base extension comprising the nucleic acidsequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 140; and/or two amplification primerscomprising nucleic acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 93 and 94,respectively, and/or a primer for single base extension comprising thenucleic acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:
 141. 26. The method ofclaim 21, wherein the one or more SNPs are associated with type 2diabetes mellitus, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinitis, diabeticcardiomyopathy (e.g., elderly diabetic cardiomyopathy), and/or drugresistance to an anti-diabetes medication.
 27. The method of claim 26,wherein the SNPs associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus comprise anyone or more of rs7756992, rs10811661, rs8050136, rs7041847, rs1111875,rs4430796, rs7651090, rs2237892, rs13266634, rs1801282, rs6017317,rs16856187, rs6467136, rs5219, rs1535500, rs6815464, rs12742393,rs10229583, rs3786897, rs831571, rs7903146, rs9470794, rs780094,rs10886471, rs12779790, rs340874, rs7612463, rs7172432, and rs16861329;wherein the SNPs associated with diabetic nephropathy comprise any oneor more of rs2268388 and rs1801282; wherein the SNPs associated withdiabetic retinitis comprise any one or more of rs9565164, rs4668142,rs2380261, rs39059, rs17756941, rs245955, and rs245962; wherein the SNPsassociated with diabetic cardiomyopathy comprise any one or more ofrs266729, rs3811951, rs156019, rs6234, rs1801282, and rs3856806; and/orwherein the SNPs associated with the drug resistance comprise any one ormore of rs13266634, rs10494366, rs2237892, rs11977021, rs7651090,rs5219, rs7903146, rs1801282, rs6467136, rs2230806, rs11212617, andrs622342.
 28. The method of claim 21, which further comprises treatingdiabetes mellitus and/or a disease or condition related to diabetesmellitus in the subject.
 29. The method of claim 28, wherein thetreatment of diabetes mellitus and/or a disease or condition related todiabetes mellitus in the subject is adjusted based on the SNP(s)detection result in the biological sample from the subject.